Data Breach at Border Agency Contractor Involved up to 1.38 Million Licence Plates

Data Breach at Border Agency Contractor Involved up to 1.38 Million Licence Plates
A border officer walks past security cameras at the Thousand Islands border, near Gananqoue, Ont., Mar. 16, 2020. The Canadian Press/Lars Hagberg
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The federal privacy watchdog says a data breach at a contractor for Canada’s border agency involved as many as 1.38 million licence plate images and associated information.

In a report detailing its investigation, the privacy commissioner’s office cites inconsistencies in the way the Canada Border Services Agency managed licence plate information and a lack of security measures.