Insurance industry regulator in Canada loses data of thousands of individuals

insurance industry canada data loss

The information of approximately 52,000 people was lost by the industry body through a portable device. An insurance industry regulator, the Investment Industry Regulation Organization of Canada, has announced that it will be increasing its internal security right away following the loss of the personal data of brokerage firm clients. The regulator issued a warning to the brokers and their clients regarding the loss of the data. What this insurance industry body shared was that one of its personnel had allowed a “portable device” to go missing. That machine contained…

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