Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
August 16, 2016
Commissioner Releases Privacy Breach Notification Statistics March 1- June 30, 2016
(REVISED- The News Release of August 8 contained incorrect statistics. Our apologies for any confusion, these are the correct statistics for this period.)
In our most recent reporting period (March 1-June, 30, 2016), the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) received 66 privacy breach reports from 19 public bodies. This is up from the 51 reports from 19 public bodies received in the third quarter of mandatory breach reporting. Please note this reporting period is an exception as it is four months long; this is to allow the OIPC to align its quarterly reporting with government�s fiscal year.
Privacy breach reports to the Commissioner are used primarily to allow the OIPC to advise public bodies about the breach response process, to discuss ways to avoid similar breaches and also to target specific issues or public bodies for privacy training.
The OIPC delivers training regarding privacy breaches, or any other topic relating to access or privacy, if interested please contact our Office to arrange.
| Summary by Public Body | |
|---|---|
| Arts NL | 1 |
| City of Corner Brook | 1 |
| College of the North Atlantic | 4 |
| Department of Advanced Education and Skills | 7 |
| Department of Child, Youth and Family Services | 4 |
| Department of Health and Community Services | 1 |
| Department of Justice and Public Safety | 1 |
| Eastern Health | 6 |
| Human Resource Secretariat | 7 |
| Memorial University of Newfoundland | 3 |
| NALCOR | 1 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador English School District | 8 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation | 5 |
| Office of the Chief Information Officer | 1 |
| Service NL | 10 |
| Town of Torbay | 1 |
| Western Integrated Health Authority | 1 |
| Workplace NL | 2 |
| Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Review Division | 2 |
| Summary by Breach Type | |
|---|---|
| 20 | |
| Fax | 1 |
| In Person | 7 |
| Intentional (i.e. willful breach) | 2 |
| Mail Out | 23 |
| Other | 10 |
| Technical Malfunction | 3 |
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Media contact:
Donovan Molloy, Q.C.
Information and Privacy Commissioner
709-729-6309
2016 08 16 12:00 p.m.