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It’s official: Mandatory data breach notification coming on November 1, 2018

The coming into force of mandatory breach notification and record-keeping requirements on November 1, 2018 should be viewed by organizations as an effort to align Canadian legal and regulatory requirements with those in the United States and Europe (especially with the General Data Protection Regulations – or GDPR – coming into force in May 2018).

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Former employee steals personal information to purchase smart phones

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta has required a payment processing organization to notify individuals pursuant to section 37.1 of the province's Personal Information Protection Act because there was a real risk of significant harm to those individuals affected by an incident that involved unauthorized access and theft of information of 60 Alberta residents.

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