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Ottawa hospital’s patient data stolen from test server of communications supplier

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Personal health information of Canadians stored on the test computer of a third-party supplier to an Ottawa hospital has been stolen in a data...

Use of facial recognition in four B.C. Canadian Tire stores broke privacy law: Report

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Four independently-owned Canadian Tire affiliate stores in British Columbia that installed facial recognition applications for security broke the province’s privacy law, B.C.’s information and...

Canadian experts urge Parliament to pass AI law fast

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Canada should pass the Liberal government’s proposed legislation to regulate artificial intelligence in a few weeks, 75 AI researchers and startups say in an...

Commercial spyware-maker QuaDream to close, say reports

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An Israel-based commercial spyware company whose iPhone hacking technology is allegedly used by governments to compromise the phones of political opponents and reporters is...

Federal court backs Facebook in fight with Canada’s privacy commissioner

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The federal privacy commissioner’s attempt to have Facebook take responsibility for the Cambridge Analytical scandal under Canadian privacy law has been rejected by a...

Spend to improve data protection and customer trust, urges BC privacy commissioner

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Companies hoping to save money by not investing in data protection technologies don’t get much sympathy from British Columbia’s information and privacy commissioner. “It’s one...

RCMP, FBI part of global take-down of Genesis criminal market

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Police from 17 countries, including the FBI and the RCMP, have shut down the Genesis Market, one of the biggest criminal websites for selling...

Canadian privacy commissioner to probe ChatGPT

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ChatGPT is being investigated by Canada’s Privacy Commissioner for possibly using personal information without permission. “AI technology and its effects on privacy is a priority...

Law enforcement scrambling to keep us safe amid rapidly evolving technologies : CCA report

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Canadians are now ‘digital-by-default’, accessing their work and essential services daily, online. But this has led the way for malicious actors to increasingly target...

Okta’s new partner program set to debut on Monday

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Identity and access management service vendor Okta Inc. is slated to launch a new partner program called Okta Elevate on Monday, which the company...

U.S. departments restricted from use of commercial spyware by Presidential order

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American federal government departments and agencies have been limited from using commercial spyware unless they have approval from the White House. The restriction came in...

ABC Life Literacy Canada announces new digital literacy resources to combat online fraud

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ABC Life Literacy Canada is releasing new resources which aim to educate Canadians on online fraud.  In 2022, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre received fraud and...

Parliamentary committee’s demand for third party emails from Google, Meta is wrong: Business group

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A small change in a parliamentary committee’s official demand for corporate messages held by Facebook parent Meta hasn’t altered the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s...

Senior LastPass developer’s home computer hacked as part of last year’s data theft; decryption keys stolen

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Password management provider LastPass has admitted that part of last August’s breach of security controls included hackers compromising the home computer of one of...

Canada bans employees from using TikTok on federal devices

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Federal employees have been banned from using the Chinese-based TikTok video app on Canadian government-issued computing devices. “Effective Feburary 28, the TikTok application will be...
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