The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have announced that no criminal investigation will be initiated against federal employees involved in the loss of a hard drive containing the personal data of 583,000 Canadian citizens, the Montreal Gazette reports. Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) had unsuccessfully sought to locate the hard drive since last November. “The results of the (internal) investigation provide no indication that the hard drive was taken with the intent of obtaining information for non-authorized use,” the HRSDC said.
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