Privacy watchdog finds thousands of tax account breaches, urges stronger protections

The Canadian Press: The federal privacy watchdog says there have been more than 42,000 breaches at the Canada Revenue Agency since 2020 as a result of people gaining unauthorized access to, or modifying, taxpayer information.

In a special report tabled in Parliament, Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne points to gaps in the revenue agency’s prevention, monitoring, detection and handling of breaches.

Dufresne found the agency couldn’t provide details of every confirmed breach due to limitations in its tracking systems and the overall volume of incidents…

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