TJX Report: Wake-up Call for All Institutions

Risk Management

Too Much Data, Too Little Security -- a Recipe for Disaster

The risk of a breach of sensitive personal information held by TJX Companies Inc. was foreseeable, but the company failed to put in place adequate security safeguards, according to the report released this week by Canada’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta (AB OIPC).