{"id":786176,"date":"2026-07-07T14:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T14:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786176\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T14:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T14:08:11","slug":"montreal-area-school-board-to-pay-for-credit-monitoring-to-parents-after-privacy-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786176\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal-area school board to pay for credit monitoring to parents after privacy breach"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Montreal-area school board says it will offer credit monitoring and identity protection for parents whose sensitive information was circulated by mistake last week.<\/p>\n

The school board says the service will be provided for free for three years to all those affected by the privacy breach.<\/p>\n

\u201c(The service) will notify you of any unusual activity related to your credit,\u201d the school board wrote to parents in an email, Monday evening.<\/p>\n

Last Thursday, Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board sent an email to parents of children attending a Rosemere High School a document containing names, birth dates, social insurance numbers, phone numbers, email addresses, country of birth, emergency telephone numbers and contacts.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the school board sent a text message asking parents not to open the email and delete it.<\/p>\n

The incident raised concerns about the school board\u2019s cybersecurity practices.<\/p>\n

James Di Sano, chairperson of the school board, said the breach would be reported the Commission d\u2019acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l\u2019information du Qu\u00e9bec.<\/p>\n

In a statement Monday, Di Sano added that, \u201cThe Council of Commissioners takes the July 2 privacy incident at Rosemere High School very seriously and has been receiving regular updates on the measures being implemented to support affected individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parents who received the sensitive information were also asked to sign a from confirming that they have deleted the email.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese confirmations remain an important part of our mitigation efforts and help us verify that the information has been deleted and not shared further,\u201d Di Sano said.<\/p>\n

The school board also recommended affected parents to place a free credit lock on their credit file with Equifax Canada and TransUnion Canada.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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