November 28, 2022 Utilizing API security flaws fixed in January, over 5.4 million Twitter user records containing non-public information were stolen through an internal bug and leaked online on a hacker forum. Last July, malicious actors began selling more...
November 28, 2022 Most data analytics staff worry about number crunching and outputs. But a lawyer has warned IT pros that proposed legislation before Parliament should also be on their minds. “Understand them and understand what your company more...
November 23, 2022 Ottawa’s second attempt at overhauling federal legislation regulating how businesses collect and use personal data of Canadians still favours the private-sector, says a leading technology and human rights group. The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab more...
November 16, 2022 Google has agreed to pay US$391.5 million and to be more upfront with consumers about its privacy and data capture practices in a settlement with 40 U.S. states. The deal, announced Monday, comes after the more...
November 3, 2022 What was billed by the Canadian Marketing Association as a keynote speech on the Trudeau government’s proposed private-sector privacy legislation by a senior minister turned into a two-minute welcome to the CMA’s annual privacy conference. more...
November 2, 2022 This afternoon the Trudeau government begins its campaign to convince businesses that there’s nothing to fear in its second attempt to update the federal privacy law covering the private sector. Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne will more...
October 26, 2022 As Canada’s public and private sectors launch new digital identity programs, federal, provincial, and territorial regulators say rights to privacy and transparency must be fully respected throughout their design and operation. “The development and implementation more...
October 25, 2022 As Cybersecurity Awareness Month draws to a close, a data breach in Yukon is a reminder there’s a long way to go to make sure employees are cyber-aware in everything they do. A Whitehorse man more...
October 17, 2022 The carbon-based units are again responsible for a huge breach of security controls at an organization. This time it was an employee of the City of Hamilton, who hit an email ‘send’ button too fast more...
October 13, 2022 After six months’ notice that they had to be prepared, all provincially-regulated employers with more than 25 workers today must have a written policy describing how they electronically monitor staff. Among those to be included more...
