Philippe Dufresne’s office therefore wants to obtain more information from the American company behind the targeted software.
The Privacy Commissioner said Monday that his office is in contact with PowerSchool, which provides the affected platforms to schools across North America.
Earlier this month, PowerSchool notified school boards in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Alberta and elsewhere that it had suffered a data breach during the holiday season, between December 22 and 28.
PowerSchool maintained that the cybersecurity incident was “contained” and that it had taken steps to prevent unauthorized access or misuse of the affected data.
The Nova Scotia Department of Education nevertheless clarified that the breach could have a financial impact on certain current and former teachers and staff members, since social insurance numbers collected before 2010 were part of the data. stolen.
-The federal Privacy Commissioner said Monday that his office is seeking more information about the breach and will advise PowerSchool of breach reporting requirements under Canadian law.
“This approach will allow us to communicate our expectations to the company regarding the measures it must take and to decide on the course of action to follow,” writes Commissioner Dufresne in a press release.
“Defending children’s right to privacy is one of my strategic priorities, because children’s personal information is particularly sensitive,” he wrote. I am concerned about the potential impact that an incident such as this may have on the personal information of students across the country.”
PowerSchool assured that it was providing services to customers as usual as it continued to investigate the breach, and that it took privacy “extremely seriously.”
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