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Canada’s New Data Privacy Bill: the Digital Charter Information Act
On November 17, the Canadian government introduced Bill C-11, better known as the Digital Charter Implementation Act, which will see the North American country make amendments to its data privacy policies. It ...
Canada Remembrance Day 2020 / Jour du Souvenir du Canada 2020
Image Courtesy of The Royal Canadian Legion / La Légion Royale Canadienne ...
Canada Thanksgiving / Action de grâce au Canada
Infosecurity.US Wishes Our Family, Friends And All Canadians Everywhere, A Safe And Happy Thanksgiving October 11 2020 / Infosecurity.US souhaite à notre famille, à nos amis et à tous les Canadiens du ...
Healthcare Is 20 Years Behind Banks on Cybersecurity in Canada, Experts Say
Hospitals and clinics in Canada can’t cope with growing cyber threats amid the COVID-19 pandemic, say healthcare and cybersecurity professionals. The reason? Healthcare institutions spend a bare minimum on IT, putting every ...
Facebook Fined $9 Million in Canada Over ‘False’ Privacy Claims
After incurring billions of dollars in fines from international regulators over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook faces yet another penalty – albeit a much smaller one – over ‘false’ data privacy claims ...
Canadian Authorities Email Private Details of 247 MS Zaandam Cruise Passengers
Some 247 of the passengers aboard the cruise MS Zaandam that faced coronavirus infection are now having to deal with an entirely different problem that of an unintentional data breach. We often ...
Contact Tracing Apps, Business Email Compromise Scams, SPAM Phone Calls
In episode 116 for April 13th 2020: Privacy concerns with COVID-19 contact tracing apps, the FBI’s new warnings about business email compromise scams, and how to prevent unwanted and SPAM phone calls ...
What Is PIPEDA? And How Does It Protect You and Your Privacy?
You have likely heard of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and you probably refer to this standard whenever the topic of privacy and data processing arises. But what about outside of ...
