Privacy commissioner investigating provider behind Crime Stoppers data breach

Canada’s privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into a cybersecurity breach involving anonymous tips shared with Crime Stoppers programs across the country. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) said Wednesday that Commissioner Philippe Dufresne initiated the investigation into Navigate360, the commercial provider that manages the P3 tip platform used by Crime Stoppers.

The probe will examine security safeguards Navigate360 had in place at the time of the breach to determine the organization’s compliance with Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law.

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