The Wheat Board In Canada Doesn't Know What It's Doing...

The Canadian Wheat Board has been sending “confidential personal financial data” to Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)…and it doesn’t know why.

The title says it all: “Wheat board couldn’t explain to auditor why producers’ ‘personal data’ sent to companies.”

The auditor who found the above notes, “during the course of our review, through numerous inquiries, we were unable to determine why this sensitive information is being sent out.”

The board, however, is contesting the findings…and, if my reading is correct, accusing the auditors of not knowing what they’re doing.

The board has noted that it does not give out personal data on farmers.  It has admitted doing so until 2006, but that this practice was discontinued.

[Via http://datasecurityguy.wordpress.com]