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The Canadian Crime Stoppers Association (CCSA) has instructed its local chapters to receive tips exclusively via telephone after a data breach involving Navigate360’s P3 platform, which compromised over 1.5 million tip submissions made to Canadian Crime Stoppers programs in the past 25 years. The public is now advised to call 222-TIPS for anonymous reporting. This directive applies to more than 40 local chapters and police agencies across five provinces that have suspended their use of the compromised platform, with resumption dates contingent on local announcements.

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The Canadian Crime Stoppers Association (CCSA) has advised its chapters to accept tips by phone only after a massive data breach at Navigate360’s P3 platform in March. The CCSA now asks the public to call 222-TIPS for anonymous submissions, marking a shift from previous guidance that encouraged confidence in Navigate360's security improvements. This interim measure aims to allow local programs to receive tips without using the compromised P3 platform. For paused programs, local announcements will detail when telephone reporting resumes.

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🔮 The "interim telephone-only approach … will allow participating local programs to receive tips without using Navigate360’s P3 platform," reads the statement, referring to the third-party U.S. company's tip management platform that suffered a massive data breach in March.

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🔮 The commissioner will look into "the security safeguards that Navigate360 had in place at the time of the breach" to determine whether it complied with Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

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🔮 The majority of the programs that replied confirmed to CBC they would no longer be accepting anonymous tips.

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🔮 Toronto Crime Stoppers now says it has removed the “Tip Submit” feature from its website and will no longer accept or process any new information intended for the program.

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It appears to be a shift for the not-for-profit organization, which had previously issued guidance to local programs that if asked about the breach by members of the public, they should express their confidence in Navigate360's security improvements and say the platform "remains secure and appropriate for continued use."

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2026-11-01 · CBC News

Canadian Crime Stoppers Association advises chapters to accept tips by phone only · assertive framing

Canadian Crime Stoppers Association advises chapters to accept tips by phone only Public asked to call 222-TIPS to submit tips anonymously asserted

Association → advise → tips

The Canadian Crime Stoppers Association (CCSA) is advising its local chapters to solely accept tips by telephone instead of online, it said in a statement to CBC News on Friday. asserted

it → advise → Friday

The "interim telephone-only approach … will allow participating local programs to receive tips without using Navigate360’s P3 platform," reads the statement, referring to the third-party U.S. company's tip management platform that suffered a massive data breach in March. asserted

that → allow → March

platform → appear → use

In the Friday statement, the CCSA asked that the public now call 222-TIPS to submit tips anonymously. asserted

public → ask → tips

For programs that have been paused, there will be local announcements about when telephone reporting will resume, it said. asserted

it → pause → programs

"Local programs will keep new information under their control and share it securely with law enforcement," reads the statement from CCSA president David J. Forster. asserted

statement → keep → Forster

The extent of the breach was revealed in a CBC investigation published last week, which found that over 1.5 million tips submitted to Canadian Crime Stoppers programs over the last 25 years had been hacked. asserted

tips → reveal → years

To date, more than 40 local Crime Stoppers chapters and police agencies in five provinces have temporarily paused their intake of anonymous tips or their partnerships with the organization. asserted

chapters → pause → organization

Canadian Crime Stoppers Association advises chapters to accept tips by phone only

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