The provincial government sent personal information of some New Brunswickers, such as dates of birth and even social insurance numbers, to the wrong addresses in a medicare mailing mix-up.
Names, addresses, dates of birth and even social insurance numbers among compromised info for some people
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About 365 households may have been affected by the mailing error, the provincial government said. (Government of New Brunswick)
The provincial government sent the personal information of some New Brunswickers to the wrong addresses in error in a medicare mailing mix-up.
That includes the social insurance numbers of at least seven people, the Department of Health confirmed to CBC News, because older medicare numbers used to be social insurance numbers.
A yet-to-be-determined number of individuals also had their names, dates of birth and addresses mailed to the wrong place.
“We don’t have that level of detail at the moment,” department spokesperson Meghan Cumby said in an email.
The government is “contacting everyone who would have been scheduled to receive mail on the days in question,” she said.
But about 365 households could be affected.
Resident flagged problem
The problem was discovered last Thursday when a resident contacted Service New Brunswick teleservices “to advise they had received someone else’s information,” Cumby said.
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