Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne waits to appear at the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in Ottawa on Nov. 19, 2024. The Canadian Press/Patrick Doyle
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The RCMP lost a memory key containing the personal details of victims, witnesses, and informants, and later discovered criminals were attempting to sell it, Canada’s privacy watchdog says.
The RCMP reported the breach to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) in March 2022, prompting an extensive investigation, according to a newly released report from Commissioner Philippe Dufresne.
