After enduring a cruise with a COVID-19 outbreak and four deaths , the 247 Canadian passengers who were aboard the Holland America Line ship , the MS Zaandam , face a new problem : a privacy breach by the federal government . [ … ] In a detailed email Global Affairs Canada sent Canadian passengers during the Easter holiday weekend , it explained that , “ due to an administrative error , ” it had mistakenly sent them an email on April 1 with an attachment containing personal information on each passenger — including their address , date of birth , email , phone number and passport number . Read more on CBC.ca . And how did the government propose to mitigate this one , you wonder ? They put the total burden on their victims , it seems — telling them to monitor their financial accounts , etc . No offer of credit monitoring or offer to issue them a new passport with a different number . Nothing . And people wonder why there are so many lawsuits ? ;