Canada’s COVID Alert exposure notification app was launched on Friday, July 31, 2020. This information sheet was prepared by the Yukon Information and Privacy Commissioner to provide Yukoners with additional background about the app and how it works.

Diane McLeod-McKay has developed advice for individuals and best practices for organizations

Cybercriminals have launched various campaigns during the COVID-19 pandemic to collect personal and financial information from Yukoners and others in order to commit theft (identity theft or theft of your money, or both), often by playing on fears and concerns about COVID-19.

The Yukon Information and Privacy Commissioner, Diane McLeod-McKay, has joined with her colleagues across the country to issue a statement on government plans for COVID-19 contact tracing

Diane McLeod-McKay has issued an urgent advisory to inform Yukoners about the incident and to provide advice on how to reduce risks to privacy

Zoom suffered a credential stuffing attack. In this type of attack, stolen account credentials, typically consisting of lists of usernames and/or email addresses and the corresponding passwords (often from a previous data breach) or slight variations of these passwords, are used to gain unauthorized access to user accounts through large-scale automated login requests directed against a web application.

Diane McLeod-McKay provides guidance in regard to protecting personal information while using these applications

The Yukon Ombudsman, Information and Privacy Commissioner, and Public Interest Disclosure Commissioner is taking a number of steps to respond to evolving circumstances related to COVID-19.

The Yukon Information and Privacy Commissioner is marking Data Privacy Day with the release of a new document that gives information and guidance about ransomware

The Yukon IPC has found that the Department of Health and Social Services violated HIPMA when it failed to exercise discretion before using the personal health information of a patient