Province-wide freeze on Crime Stoppers program after data breach
Police services in London, St. Thomas, Woodstock, Chatham-Kent and Windsor have also announced a pause with local Crime Stoppers chapters.
Canada’s privacy watchdog, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne, has launched an investigation into a reportedly massive data breach involving Crime Stoppers. The breach exposed 1.5 million tips submitted to the Canadian Crime Stoppers programs over the last 25 years when the third-party company Navigate360 was hacked in March. Police departments across Canada, including those in Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, have paused accepting tips through the platform as they review and assess the incident.
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