Canada’s mortgage brokers are not doing enough to protect the personal information of their customers from theft and misuse, the country’s privacy czar said in her annual report on Tuesday. The report by Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart included a special audit of five mortgage brokers to see what security measures had been taken after incidents in 2008 in which the private financial information of hundreds of people was compromised.
Diana Golobay was a reporter with HousingWire through mid-2010, providing wide-ranging coverage of the U.S. financial crisis. She has since moved onto other roles as a writer and editor.see full bio
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Diana Golobay was a reporter with HousingWire through mid-2010, providing wide-ranging coverage of the U.S. financial crisis. She has since moved onto other roles as a writer and editor.see full bio