A breach of PharmaNet, the system used to track information regarding prescription drugs, has British Colombia's Premier Christy Clark "profoundly disturbed," Global News reports. With 7,500 citizens affected, Clark said, “If anyone in the government, anyone in the employ of the public service, anyone who gets their fees from the government is found to be responsible for this, they will be fired immediately." The issue, uncovered by a vendor contracted to identify unusual activity in the system, is being mitigated with help from the British Columbia Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner. Acting Information and Privacy Commissioner Drew McArthur said he would liked to have seen quicker work: “It took them several months to get the notification letters out. We would have preferred that they notified people earlier, so that people can start to take action to protect their personal information.”
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