Some 45,000 Ontario Disability Support Program recipients need to know how their private information was mistakenly sent out via email, says NDP social services critic Lisa Gretzky. In the incident — which Ontario’s privacy commissioner is now investigating — names, email addresses and identification numbers of ODSP recipients were sent as an attachment in an email last December from the ODSP Mississauga office to 100 individuals. Windsor West NDP MPP Lisa Gretzky said those impacted by a privacy breach of the Ontario Disability Support Program “have questions, and deserve answers.” “Why was there a list of ODSP recipients compiled in an email attachment? Article Continued Below“Why was there a list of ODSP recipients compiled in an email attachment? How is the Ford government retrieving and protecting this data?” A number of concerned recipients reached out to the Star after receiving letters about the privacy breach.

Source: thestar January 22, 2019 22:11 UTC