Discount retailer Giant Tiger says contact information for some of its customers was compromised in an “incident” linked to a third-party vendor it uses.
Alison Scarlett, a spokesperson for the Ottawa-based discount retailer, said it would not name the vendor on Monday but said Giant Tiger uses the company to manage its customer communications and engagement.
Giant Tiger is working hard to resolve the issue “as quickly and openly as possible,” Scarlett said.
The retailer first learned of the security incident on March 4, and concluded that customer information was involved by March 15, the company wrote in an email to customers.
Once it became aware of the
