The president of the University of Victoria says nobody will lose their job after administrative staff failed to properly secure and store all employeesB次元官网网址� sensitive information prior to it being stolen during a January break-in.

Nearly 12,000 employees past and present at UVic had their names, social insurance numbers and banking details taken when an unencrypted flash drive containing this info was stolen on Jan. 7 or 8 from the Administrative Services Building.

B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e not going to be taking any discipline,B次元官网网址� president David Turpin said, following the release of a report by the provinceB次元官网网址檚 information and privacy commissioner last week.

Elizabeth DenhamB次元官网网址檚 report concluded UVic breached the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act when it failed to protect employeesB次元官网网址� personal information.

B次元官网网址淕iven the amount and the sensitive nature of personal information contained on the university mobile storage device, coupled with the ease of encrypting the information, there is simply no rationale for failing to encrypt this information,B次元官网网址� she said.

Turpin defended his employees simply by saying they were responding to an internal audit that asked that a backup device be made, in the event of an emergency.

B次元官网网址淭hey prepared that, they stored it in a locked box, in a locked safe, it was bolted to a concrete floor in a locked room in a locked building, and they viewed that as a reasonable security arrangement. B次元官网网址� Unfortunately it turned out to be inaccurate,B次元官网网址� Turpin said.

The university has already taken steps toward improving security on campus, including adding alarms and  mandating encryption standards for all electronic devices.

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