{"id":73413,"date":"2021-07-27T09:27:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T13:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=73413"},"modified":"2021-07-27T16:27:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T20:27:42","slug":"university-alerted-of-guard-me-privacy-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2021\/07\/university-alerted-of-guard-me-privacy-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"University alerted of Guard.me privacy breach\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

A third-party vendor that provides emergency medical insurance coverage for short-term international students and visiting scholars experienced a cyberattack on June 18, 2021.<\/p>\n

Guard.me has informed Brock University of this cybersecurity incident resulting from an unauthorized third-party unlawfully accessing Guard.me\u2019s data systems. A number of other Canadian public sector organizations were also impacted by this breach, including other universities, and affected individuals have been notified by email.<\/p>\n

Brock University takes the privacy of its students and community very seriously and has followed up with impacted students directly. The University sent out notices to the email addresses that were breached. However, if you have changed your email address and believe that the University does not have your current email, please contact Brock\u2019s Privacy Office by emailing Privacy@Brocku.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

Brock University is advocating on behalf of its students in this process and is working closely with Guard.me to understand why this happened, what data is impacted and what actions they are taking to increase their security.<\/p>\n

If you use Guard.me’s services, here are some things you can do now to protect your privacy:<\/p>\n