Equifax made breach worse by falling short of privacy obligations to Canadians, commission finds

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Hackers’ breach affected 143 million people worldwide, 19,000 of them Canadians

OTTAWA — Canada’s privacy commissioner says Equifax fell short of its privacy obligations to Canadians during and after a global data breach in 2017.

Commissioner Daniel Therrien says these exacerbated the impact of the breach, which affected more than 143 million people around the world, including 19,000 Canadians.

 

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