HALIFAX — Police have dropped the case against a young Halifax man alleged to have breached a Nova Scotia freedom-of-information website, shifting the issue squarely back to whether the province had basic measures in place to protect its citizens’ private information. The 19-year-old was collecting information about a teachers’ labour dispute, and hadn’t realized the site didn’t protect other information from a simple download program, Fraser said. “Even though anybody who has looked at it has said these charges would never succeed, there’s always going to be some anxiety associated with it. “Right from the very beginning, they threw this young man under the bus in my opinion, and without knowing the facts,” she said. McNeil initially referred to the young man’s actions as “stealing,” but has since backed away from this strong language.

Source: National Post May 07, 2018 15:46 UTC