John Brassard at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On November 21st, 2024. See this statement in context.

November 21st, 2024 / 4:50 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative John Brassard

Thank you, Mr. Bains.

I have a question, Madam Minister. There were 31,468 privacy breaches between March 2020 and December 2023, which directly affected 62,000 Canadian taxpayers. Only 113 of those privacy breaches were reported to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, yet 31,468 were reported retroactively. Why weren't those numbers known at the time—that only 113 were given to the Privacy Commissioner? Why wasn't he able to access that information?

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