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Ca: File breach at electronic spy agency prompts mandatory privacy training

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Dissent

Jim Bronskill of The Canadian Press reports:

Canada’s electronic spy agency introduced mandatory privacy awareness training for all employees in March following an internal breach involving personal information.

When Greta Bossenmaier became chief of the Communications Security Establishment in February, the ultra-secret eavesdropping outfit was under intense public scrutiny over alleged spying on citizens.

But less than two months into the job, Bossenmaier was informing the spy agency’s staff of a privacy violation inside its own walls.

[…]

On July 31, 2014, someone notified CSE’s corporate security officials that a file containing personal information related to security clearances was mistakenly given public-access permission markings, making it accessible to CSE personnel, according to Bossenmaier’s email to staff.

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