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Federal Organizations: Employment and Social Development Canada

Employment and Social Development Canada: In her annual report , released Monday, Stoddart said new all-time highs were set for both privacy complaints submitted by Canadians about federal organizations, and data breaches reported by the agencies themselves, according to CTV. She said much of the increase was generated by two highly publicized data breaches involving Employment and Social Development Canada, and Justice Canada and Complaints over privacy concerns have reached a record-high, Canada's privacy watchdog Jennifer Stoddart says in her latest and final report. From April 2012 to March 31, 2013, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner received 2,273 such complaints, up from 986 over the same period a year before, which marked an increase of 130 per cent. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.