British Columbia's privacy commissioner has approved a government internal review of a security breach incident that occurred in 2009, The Vancouver Sun reports. An employee from the Ministry of Housing and Social Development in the Lower Mainland, who has since resigned, allegedly e-mailed sensitive information about government clients to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security border guard, the report states. After monitoring the government investigation, the privacy commissioner issued a closing report on February 18. A spokeswoman for the commissioner said, "The investigator was satisfied that the government had taken the appropriate steps in responding to this breach, including developing adequate prevention strategies."
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