Media Advisory

Desjardins breach: Quebec’s Commission d’accès à l’information and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to release results of investigations

GATINEAU – The President of Quebec’s Commission d’accès à l’information, Diane Poitras, and the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Daniel Therrien, will hold a joint news conference to report the findings of their investigations into a security breach at the Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec. The two organizations collaborated in the course of their respective investigations into this breach.

News conference details:

Date:  Monday, December 14, 2020

Time:  10 a.m. ET

Format: Conference call with journalists.

Call-in information: Journalists may call to join the news conference. For that number, please email communications@priv.gc.ca in advance of the news conference. (This line is available to media only.)

General Information: The findings from the investigations will be posted on the websites of Quebec’s Commission d’accès à l’information and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada one hour before the call.

The call will be held in French and English. Please note that simultaneous interpretation will not be available.

To request an interview with Ms. Poitras after the news conference, please contact isabelle.gosselin@cai.gouv.qc.ca.

Mr. Therrien will have limited availability for interviews immediately following the news conference. Requests can be sent to communications@priv.gc.ca.