The province is defending the move not to immediately tell the public about an online security breach.
The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy website shut down over the weekend, after it came to light that a data breach had taken place April 5.
But the public wasn’t informed that personal information was inappropriately accessed until yesterday.
Patricia Arab, minister of Internal Services told media they didn’t go public because they didn’t want to impede the investigation.
Premier Stephen McNeil echoed Arab, saying they wanted to be sure police had the opportunity to catch the individual involved.
Halifax Police says, they never directed government not to tell the public.
The opposition is calling for an emergency debate on the security breach.
A 19-year-old Halifax man has been charged with unauthorized use of a computer in relation to the incident.
