Lanark County apologizes following three day privacy breach

Posted Feb 26, 2018 03:19:25 PM.

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Lanark County officials are apologizing, following a privacy breach involving private emails of county residents that were made public on a county website for 72-hours.

In a release, County Chief Administrator Kurt Greaves acknowledges they became aware of the breach on Friday that 24 emails were on the county website through a link.

The link was deactivated.

County Warden and Mayor of Perth John Fenik has apologized for the “frustration and inconvenience.”

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