Namaste Technologies, a customer experience specialist in the medicinal cannabis space, discovered that a list of email users had been uploaded by an employee to a third-party email service
provider to solicit unauthorized cannabis sales, the firm announced on Friday.
The emails of registrants with Namaste MD were uploaded on May 4th, the company believes. Namaste MD users were
sent emails over a five-day period, it adds.
Except for names and email addresses, there was no personally identifiable information uploaded or used, the company claims.
The
Toronto-based company is hiring a security expert to help with a review of its data control and security policies. In addition, it has contacted the affected users.
The third-party provider
has deleted the names and email information upon request, it says.