Was this
the good ole' cheapest alternative chosen by some small businesses including by an
unnamed law firm ? An unidentified Ottawa commercial IT tenant ( in arrears ) abandoned the leased premises along with a
large trove of client data. Such included hard disks - reportedly ten million files - & hardcopy material readily compromising the ex-tenant's IT clients. Included mailings from C.R.A. . . .
What's unusual is that after opportunities to redeem the tenancy and instead of just shipping the mess off to a waste site, this concerned landlord ultimately went to the expense & trouble of having the security breaches identified & resolved.
And of alerting CBC in a report that went national.
Was the careless ex-tenant the cheap choice of the small scale clients whose data has been shockingly & sociopathically compromised ?
Were the careless ex-tenant's clients themselves in breach of duty to their own customers & clients ? condo owners ?
Nov 22/19 CBC Ottawa
“Landlord finds millions of confidential files left by defunct IT firm”https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/fly-by-night-it-company-leaves-10-million-digital-files-
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