Privacy breached for thousands after immigration software update
Information on thousands of applicants and clients of the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) was released in a privacy breach earlier this year.
According to the Ministry of Immigration and Career Training, a system-wide software update in March led to the breach.
A client called the ministry and said they were able to see a report that had information for 8,049 people, including names of clients, SINP ID numbers, the category under which they applied to the program, the type of request, the status of their request, their status date, the date their request was submitted, and their work permit expiry date.
The ministry said it fixed the problem as soon as it was made aware of it and it has notified the clients affected as well as the Information and Privacy Commissioner.