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WS partnered with Persona (lemmy.ca)

submitted 7 hours ago by Goldenring@lemmy.ca to c/personalfinancecanada@lemmy.ca

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The personal company isn't very safe. I knew it can be problematic one day. I was right. The leak exposed approximately 1 billion records of personal data from 26 countries including Canada.

Full names
Addresses
Dates of birth
National IDs
Phone numbers
Email addresses

The data was left unsecured. I'm very disappointed in WS security and privacy policy.

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh well that's disappointing.

What's interesting is that they edited this page 6 days ago. Previously it talked about Persona.

It used to say the following

https://web.archive.org/web/20251115223219/https://help.wealthsimple.com/hc/en-ca/articles/4404981045915-Verify-your-identity

Is this process secure?

Your safety is our top priority. We leverage a secure, third-party service, Persona, to collect and review the documents you upload along with your selfie. Persona then automatically deletes your information after 90 days.

For record-keeping purposes, we keep your documents on file to assist with any future information changes you may need to make. We also have to keep some information as a minimum to comply with our regulatory obligations.

Now the FAQ section is gone completely.

https://help.wealthsimple.com/hc/en-ca/articles/4404981045915-Verify-your-identity

[–] Goldenring@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago

It is really sad. I used persona for 2FA reset. When I asked them if my info was safe, they only apologized but didn't answer my question. I am curious if they already knew persona was not secure.