An editorial in the Star Phoenix begins:
The biggest threat to the security of Canadians’ personal information, especially their medical records, isn’t from computer hackers, it would seem, but from those within the bureaucracy who access and share these records for personal or political purposes.
And until governments begin to treat these grievous abuses as among the most serious crimes that public officials can commit against citizens, instead of merely fobbing them off as matters to be negotiated via privacy officials, the breaches will only continue to escalate.
Read the full editorial in the Star Phoenix.