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Stouffville mayor accused of ‘serious’ privacy breach by town

Posted on June 29, 2018June 25, 2025 by Dissent

Noor Javed reports:

The town of Whitchurch-Stouffville has issued a news release accusing the mayor of being behind a privacy breach that involves making copies of and distributing “confidential information and personnel records” to members of the public.

In the release issued Wednesday afternoon, the town said it was launching legal action against embattled Mayor Justin Altmann to force him to return the material, which includes binders containing confidential employee information such as overtime claims, and the employment history of 24 current and former employees.

Read more on The Toronto Star.

h/t @VERISDB

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