CTV: File breach at electronic spy agency prompts mandatory privacy training

This is the agency our government is telling us to "just trust" with our secrets? Article by Jim Bronskill for CTV News OTTAWA - Canada's electronic spy agency introduced mandatory privacy awareness training for all employees in March following an internal breach involving personal information.

When Greta Bossenmaier became chief of the Communications Security Establishment in February, the ultra-secret eavesdropping outfit was under intense public scrutiny over alleged spying on citizens.

But less than two months into the job, Bossenmaier was informing the spy agency's staff of a privacy violation inside its own walls.

 "I seriously regret that we are in this situation and never want it to be repeated," Bossenmaier told employees in a March 20 email. "As such, we must use it as a learning opportunity so that we can prevent any further incidents from occurring."

The Ottawa-based CSE, which employs about 2,000 people, uses highly advanced technology to intercept, sort and analyze foreign communications for information of intelligence interest to the federal government.

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