October 25, 2023 The Trudeau government’s proposed overhaul of the current private sector privacy law has to make it clear to businesses that privacy is a fundamental right they have to respect, a Parliamentary committee was told Tuesday. more...
October 17, 2023 Frustrated opposition MPs came within a whisker on Tuesday of, for a second time, delaying committee hearings on proposed privacy and AI legislation because the government still hasn’t tabled the full wording of proposed amendments. more...
May 11, 2023 Canada’s privacy commissioner says the government’s proposals to modernize Canada’s federal private sector privacy law are “a step in the right direction,” but must go further to protect fundamental privacy rights. The statement from Privacy more...
April 28, 2023 Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the week in Review edition for the week ending Friday, Arpil 28th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, cybersecurity reporter for ITWorldCanada.con and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. In a few more...
November 25, 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 1, 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...