Privacy

The initial shock of “you want me to do what!?!” regarding data protection and privacy appears to be wearing off and we are entering the “reluctantly getting things done” stage. The primary motivation at these early stages is legal compliance. Stated simply: we don’t want to be fined. Yet as…

Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, which celebrates its first birthday Saturday, has managed to do a lot as a tyke. The GDPR changed the rules for companies that collect, store or process information on residents of the EU, requiring more openness about what data they have and who they share it with. The law is…

Data breaches cause tremendous problems, not only for the company affected, but also for its clients. Depending on the company, stolen data can range from relatively benign information to extremely personal details. But in any case, a breach can cost a lot of money for remediation and cause significant damage…

OTTAWA—The federal government’s new “digital charter” will emphasize Canadians’ control over their own personal information and promises “strong enforcement” of transnational internet giants that break the law. The Liberal government will not take any immediate steps to impose regulation on companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon, according to a copy…

Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis called privacy the “right to be let alone.” Perhaps Congress should give states trying to protect consumer data the same right. For years, a gridlocked Congress ignored privacy, apart from occasionally scolding companies such as Equifax and Marriott after their major data breaches. In its absence, states have taken…

Facebook is still reeling from the fallout from its Cambridge Analytica scandal more than a year ago, as multiple former recruiters say candidates are turning down job offers from what was once considered the best place to work in the United States. More than half a dozen recruiters who left Facebook in recent…

“Consent, in its purest form, could easily become a dystopian stick to control citizens with,” Susan Morrow, doesn’t pull her punches as she argues that GDPR hasn’t resolved the conflict between choice and consent. The GDPR has begun a frantic discourse across the globe on how to achieve Privacy by…

GATINEAU, QC, May 9, 2019 – Canadians feel they have little to no control over how their personal information is being used by companies and government and how it may be used to make decisions about them. They are also taking certain steps to protect their privacy, according to a new survey commissioned…

In their appearance before the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) on May 7, 2019, Daniel Therrien, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada made another strong plea for changes to our Canadian Privacy laws. ” It is incumbent on the government to act to protect Canadians from…

What little privacy people don’t give away, companies tend to take. Given this unfortunate reality, to get complete privacy you’d need to install a labyrinthine series of software tools that make the internet slow and unusable — think specialty Web browsers, encrypted email and chat; virtual private networks; and security-focused incognito…