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Many boards don’t see privacy as a priority: Survey

Many boards don’t make put privacy as one of their organization’s priorities, a survey of professionals suggests. According to the annual state of privacy survey...

Home Depot Canada criticized by privacy commissioner

The Canadian division of Home Depot didn’t get customers’ consent before sharing details of customers’ e-receipts – including encoded email addresses and in-store purchase...

Compromised API led to data theft of 37 million T-Mobile customers

A hacker leveraged an Application Programming Interface (API) to steal the personal information of 37 million customers over two months, undetected, from American cellular...

Privacy by Design to become an ISO standard next month

Fourteen years after being introduced by a Canadian privacy commissioner, Privacy by Design (PbD) is about to become an international privacy standard for the...

Stolen data on 200 million Twitter users now being given away

Twitter account information on 200 million users, including Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Donald Trump Jr., is now available for free on a hacker...

Meta to pay US$725 to U.S. Facebook users over Cambridge Analytica scandal

The fallout from the 2018 Cambridge Analytica scandal continues to follow Facebook and its parent, Meta Platforms. Reuters reports that  Meta has agreed to pay...

Ad-free search platform launches in Canada

Search engine Neeva launches today in Canada to provide users with a tracking-free and ad-free alternative to search platform Google. Following its launch in the...

LastPass admits new hack, some customer data exposed

Information that hackers got from an August hack of password management provider LastPass was used to compromise the company again, its CEO has acknowledged. “We...

Channel Bytes October 21, 2022 – Versapay Payments for Dynamics 365 now on AppSource; Nylas partners with UpStack on channel program; Mandiant launches Breach...

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Channel Bytes October 14, 2022 – New CEO at Five9; SI leaders for enterprise 5G; Proofpoint integrates with Microsoft Defender; and more

Staying informed is a constant challenge. There's so much to do, and so little time. But we have you covered. Grab a coffee and...

Parliamentary committee urges Ottawa to pause use of facial recognition

The use of facial recognition technology by companies and government agencies should be strictly controlled, says a parliamentary committee. In a report this week presented...

CIRA announces off-network protection for DNS Firewall

The Canadian Internet Registration Association (CIRA) has announced a new extension for its DNS Firewall service. It now includes off-network protection for users who...

Uber says compromised credentials of a contractor led to data breach

Uber has added more detail to the narrative of its latest breach of security controls, saying  the compromise of an external contractor’s credentials was...

Twitter can’t protect users’ data, former CISO alleges

Twitter’s former chief information security officer (CISO) leveled a series of serious accusations against his former employer in testimony before U.S. Congress, including allegations...

Canadian Digital Trust & Identity standard and others under review, comments invited

The CIO Strategy Council has announced that it is now inviting comments on the draft second edition of the National Standard of Canada for...

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