Some clients of SkillsPEI may be impacted by a recent privacy breach

The Province is informing clients of SkillsPEI that their personal information may have been part of a recent privacy breach.  Due to human error, personal information belonging to over 5,600 SkillsPEI clients was inadvertently shared on June 13th.  Clients’ personal information that was disclosed may have included name; date of birth; current mailing and email address; primary phone number; social insurance number and other information.  The Department of Workforce, Advanced Learning and Population has been working to follow the guidance of the provincial Access and Privacy Services Office to mitigate and contain any further risks from the incident.  The PEI Information and Privacy Commissioner and other partners have been notified, and impacted clients can expect to receive a letter from the Province as early as this week.  That letter will include information on how they can access the two years of free credit monitoring service through TransUnion of Canada.