Memorial investigates privacy breach

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Memorial University recently investigated a member of its Board of Regents after learning about a potential privacy breach. Memorial alumna Becky Winsor told CBC that an email she sent to the board as part of a campaign in support of pro-Palestinian protesters on campus was forwarded by the board chair to her father. Memorial’s Information Access and Privacy Office determined that there was “an unauthorized disclosure of an email sent by a third-party individual” to a member of the board. The Muse reports that the Students for Palestine group at Memorial has filed a complaint with the province in which the group expressed concern about possible “additional breaches.” Memorial says the matter is now under review “through the processes set out in the Board of Regents’ code of conduct.”

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