NOTICE TO TENANTS OF AVENUE LIVING COMMUNITIES This notice is being issued in compliance with the Oce of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta (“OPIC”), Breach Notication Decision dated April 18, 2018, wherein OPIC found that a reasonable person would consider there to be a real risk of signicant harm to those individuals whose personal information was stored in lease application forms on the Avenue Living server between August and November 2016. The decision arises on the basis of an incident in which Avenue Living was contacted by Calgary Police Services (“CPS”) in November 2016 about a potential privacy breach by a then employee of Avenue Living. Through subsequent investigations, it was determined that the then employee of Avenue Living had accessed the organization’s sever after hours for the purpose of taking tenant information for personal gain. Avenue Living fully cooperated with CPS in its investigation and implemented a number of safeguards and other measures following the investigation, including immediate termination of the rogue employee, retention of a third party to review the company’s information collection and retention policies, initiating new password protected privacy controls and related measures, notication of the loss to OPIC, and various other measures. Avenue Living does not know the specic personal information compromised, but to the best of its knowledge the breach relates to personal information and may include such information as: name, address, date of birth, email address and social insurance number. Should you think your personal information has been breached between August and November 2016, or have any questions regarding this matter, please contact your local police department or the Avenue Living Call Center at 1-855-247-1492.
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