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Privacy Commissioner says Avenue Living privacy breach poses a risk

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Dissent

Leah Murray reports that an insider breach at a property management firm resulted in dozens of tenants being notified that their information may have been stolen.  The unauthorized access is believed to have occurred sometime between August 2016 and November 2016:

A company that operates apartment buildings in several Alberta communities, including Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Red Deer has had a privacy breach.

Avenue Living issued a notification in the newspaper in Medicine Hat on May 25th.

It says there is a risk tenants’ personal information was stolen and sold for criminal purposes. A company representative said it doesn’t believe anyone in Medicine Hat has been directly impacted.

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) began conducting a review of the breach after it was notified in December 2017.

The report states that Calgary Police began conducting a criminal investigation concerning the fraudulent use of personal information to apply for credit cards. CPS informed Avenue Living there was a possible connection to several of its tenants.

Read more on Lethbridge News Now.

Report from the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta:

P2018_ND_049_007373

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