February 29, 2024 The company behind Pornhub and other popular pornographic sites broke Canadian privacy law by allowing intimate images to be shared on its websites without the direct knowledge or consent of everyone depicted, the federal privacy more...
February 27, 2024 The federal privacy commissioner has opened an investigation into a data security breach detected in January at Global Affairs Canada. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner said Monday the investigation into the foreign service was launched more...
February 26, 2024 The Online Harm Act’s proposed Digital Safety Commission — whose members would be full-time government employees with renewable terms of up to five years — would have extensive powers. It would be able to summon and more...
February 26, 2024 Designated social media providers, live-streaming services and adult sites that allow users to upload content will have to scrutinize and delete objectionable messages, images, and videos if the Liberal government’s proposed Online Harms Act, which more...
February 25, 2024 Avast, the antivirus giant, has been slapped with a $16.5 million fine by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The "privacy" software was allegedly harvesting users’ browsing data from 2014 to 2020 and selling it off more...
February 19, 2024 An AI company has reportedly struck a $60 million annual deal with Reddit to use the platform's user content for training its AI models. As Reddit prepares for an initial public offering (IPO), this deal, more...
February 15, 2024 The theft of tax and employment records of 48,000 of Canadians four years ago was the fault of poor IT authentication security, says the country’s privacy commissioner. Attackers employed credential stuffing using previously stolen usernames more...
February 9, 2024 Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday, Feb. 9th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. In few more...
February 9, 2024 A record US$1 billion paid to ransomware gangs last year, and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, February 9th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the more...
February 8, 2024 Officials from four of the biggest tech companies in the world — Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta — largely offered polite criticism of the country’s proposed artificial intelligence law to Canadian parliamentarians for over an more...
