CJOB News Team reporting
11/21/2009
A newly released document shows the Canadian Wheat Board needlessly shared sensitive information about its farmers with companies that buy and handle grains.
An internal audit says the Winnipeg-based wheat board couldn't explain why it sent farmers' ``confidential personal financial data'' to the taxman and so-called handling agents.
Wheat board staff told the auditors they share the information with third parties because that's what they've always done.
But the agency now questions the findings of its own audit team.
The board's management told the auditors the ``other organizations'' identified in the review are handling agents that need farmers' information to do business with them.
The review recommended that the wheat board not share farmers' information with other organizations unless there's a good reason to do so.
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