US EditionCanada’s privacy czar launches investigation into student information data breach
- Alberta's privacy watchdog is investigating over 30 data breaches from schools linked to a cyberattack on PowerSchool, which accessed personal information of students and teachers.
- Philippe Dufresne, the federal Privacy Commissioner, has launched an investigation into the PowerSchool data breach affecting K-12 students across Canada.
- The data breach has impacted more than 271,000 students, with exposed information including names, medical details, and social insurance numbers in some cases.
- PowerSchool is offering two years of identity theft protection and credit monitoring to those affected by the breach.
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U.S.-based PowerSchool told school boards in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Alberta and elsewhere across North America that it experienced a data breach in December
Canada’s Privacy Czar Launches Investigation Into Student Information Data Breach
The federal privacy watchdog says he has launched a formal investigation into a cybersecurity breach involving a student information system used across Canada. Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne says the probe was launched after his office received a breach report from U.S.-based PowerSchool, which provides the affected software, and a complaint about the incident. PowerSchool has told school boards in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia,…
Canada's privacy czar launches investigation into student information data breach
The federal privacy watchdog says he has launched a formal investigation into a cybersecurity breach involving a student information system used across Canada. Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne says the probe was launched after his office received a breach report from U.S.-based PowerSchool, which provides the affected software, and a complaint about the incident. PowerSchool has […]
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