Possible Privacy Breach Alerted by BC Health Authority Following Police Recovery of Documents
An RCMP investigation has uncovered a potential privacy breach affecting thousands of employees who have worked or currently work at a health authority in British Columbia’s Interior.
Interior Health has been informed by the police in January about the discovery of a document during their investigation that contained personal information such as social insurance numbers and home addresses for approximately 20,000 individuals.
The data pertained to individuals who were employed at Interior Health between 2003 and 2009, with the health authority clarifying that no patient information was included in the document.
The Vernon North Okanagan RCMP mentioned that no arrests or charges have been made in connection with the document’s revelation, and they shared this information to allow potentially affected individuals to take necessary precautions.
Interior Health is advising anyone who was employed at the organization during those years to promptly get in touch to determine if their details were part of the compromised document.
The health authority has engaged external security specialists to assess the situation, ensuring that no personal information from the document has been exposed online.
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“Interior Health’s top priority is to ensure that personal information is always protected,” states Interior Health’s vice-president of digital health, Brent Kruschel.
