Human error may have caused data breach involving more than 5,500 people in PEI
Prince Edward Island says thousands of people’s personal information may have been part of a privacy breach caused by human wrong.
It says the information of 5,600 customers participating in a provincial employment program was inadvertently shared on June 13.
The county did not say who had access to the personal data from the breach at SkillsPEI.
The government says the data that was inadvertently shared includes social security numbers, education and employment history, and postal and email addresses.
The Department of Workforce, Advanced Learning and Population says it is following guidance from the provincial Access and Privacy Services Office to contain further risks.
PEI’s privacy commissioner will work with other departments to determine what future steps may be needed as part of the provincial response.
