Auditor General slams province over online privacy
Posted Oct 27, 2010 7:52 am.
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Alberta’s auditor general says the province and the University of Calgary aren’t doing a good enough job protecting online privacy.
Merwan Saher says progress has been made on plans to shield personal data, but there’s no evidence those plans are being put into place everywhere they can be.
The report says everything from driver’s license data to personal health information is vulnerable to a security breach.
Many problems were pointed out around the U of C’s research management.
Provost Alan Harrison tells The Calgary Herald they’re hoping to have any problems fixed by June.
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