The federal agency, Statistics Canada( in charge of collecting, analyzing, and securely storing personal data about Canadians) lost hundreds of sensitive files during the 2016 census process.
There are 20 cases of information and privacy breaches by Statistics Canada, including long and short census surveys, home visit logs and personal employment records.
Some confidential documents were left on a subway or sent to the wrong home.
Hundreds more were lost in a stolen car.
"id": "STA174010622",
"linkid": "statcan",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "03/2018",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"