Gordon Kent reports:
Alberta’s privacy watchdog says he’s “stunned” by a report the city has lost an average of one laptop a month that could contain personal data.
Only half the 48 laptop disappearances over the last four years were investigated, and just once did officials look into whether a lost or stolen computer contained personal information, according to a report by city auditor David Wiun.
In that case, the computer stored resumes.
“I’m just stunned … I just don’t have words for this,” information and privacy commissioner Frank Work said Thursday.
Read more in the Edmonton Journal.
The audit report, Audit of Privacy Controls for Laptops & Tablets, November 3, 2009 can be found at http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/07214_Privacy_Controls_Laptops_Tablets.pdf