{"id":91391,"date":"2017-09-15T21:22:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T21:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/canadas-privacy-commissioner-opens-probe-into-equifax-data-breach.html"},"modified":"2017-09-15T21:22:55","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T21:22:55","slug":"canadas-privacy-commissioner-opens-probe-into-equifax-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/canadas-privacy-commissioner-opens-probe-into-equifax-data-breach.html","title":{"rendered":"Canada&#8217;s privacy commissioner opens probe into Equifax data breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canada&#8217;s privacy commissioner has opened an investigation into the massive\u00a0data breach at Equifax Inc. after receiving several complaints and dozens of calls from concerned Canadians.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The investigation is a priority for our office given the sensitivity of the personal information that\u00a0Equifax\u00a0holds,&#8221; the\u00a0Office of the Privacy Commissioner\u00a0said Friday in a release.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Equifax faces mounting pressure after data breach as CAA reveals 10,000 clients hit<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The announcement of the probe comes after Equifax disclosed last week that a cybersecurity breach exposed the personal data of about 143 million Americans and an undisclosed number of Canadians.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Equifax has committed to notifying all impacted Canadians in writing as soon as possible,&#8221; the privacy watchdog said.\u00a0The company will also offer free credit monitoring to affected individuals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At this point in time, it is not clear that the affected data was limited to Canadians with U.S. dealings,&#8221; the commissioner said,\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company is still working to determine the number of Canadians affected by the breach.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Massive Equifax security breach now being probed by U.S. Federal Trade Commission<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Equifax\u00a0has said the breach of its system occurred between mid-May through July, and it learned of the hack on July 29.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Equifax\u00a0put the blame for the breach on a web server vulnerability in its Apache Struts open-source software. However, the vulnerability could have been fixed back in early March when patches became available.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Equifax said Friday that systems in the United Kingdom were not affected by the breach. However, there was a batch of fewer than 400,000 British consumers who had some of their personal information compromised, though the company said that information was unlikely to lead to identity theft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Equifax is offering identity protection services to those British consumers, similar to the program it&#8217;s offering to Americans.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n<p>Article source: http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/business\/equifax-data-breach-privacy-commissioner-1.4292516?cmp=rss<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada&#8217;s privacy commissioner has opened an investigation into the massive\u00a0data breach at Equifax Inc. after receiving several complaints and dozens of calls from concerned Canadians. &#8220;The investigation is a priority for our office given the sensitivity of the personal information that\u00a0Equifax\u00a0holds,&#8221; the\u00a0Office of the Privacy Commissioner\u00a0said Friday in a release. 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