Privacy
Why companies need to build privacy into everything they do
Ann Cavoukian is executive director of the Global Privacy and Security by Design Centre and the former three-term information and privacy commissioner of Ontario. Darren Entwistle is president and CEO of Telus Corp. In our digital world, privacy has become a significant concern for Canadian consumers, businesses and governments. New…
Read More »Microsoft CEO says privacy is a human right, and businesses should treat it as such
The growing global concern over data privacy took centre stage this week as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared his thoughts on the digital economy at the World Economic Forum in Davos. “Data, and privacy around data, is a human right that has to be protected and you have to be transparent,” he…
Read More »Europe’s privacy overhaul has led to $126 million in fines — but regulators are just getting started
mixmagic | iStock | Getty Images KEY POINTS The EU’s GDPR privacy law led to over 160,000 data breach notifications, according to law firm DLA Piper. The biggest penalty under GDPR to date was a fine of 50 million euros imposed on Google, DLA Piper says. DLA Piper Partner Ross…
Read More »How contextual targeting will replace cookies in the privacy age
Anyone who’s ever shopped online knows that brands tend to retarget consumers with ads after they’ve searched or shopped for something. It’s a practice called behavioral targeting. But privacy laws and browser restrictions are promising to limit it. Europe’s GDPR privacy law, new privacy laws emerging in the US, and stricter…
Read More »Brands Are Joint Controllers when advertising online.
Building a more private web: A path towards making third party cookies obsolete
In August, we announced a new initiative (known as Privacy Sandbox) to develop a set of open standards to fundamentally enhance privacy on the web. Our goal for this open source initiative is to make the web more private and secure for users, while also supporting publishers. Today, we’d like to give…
Read More »Privacy is front and center at CES as execs from Apple, Facebook, others debate key tech issues
Privacy experts speak at CES 2020. From left: Moderator Rajeev Chand, Partner and Head of Research at Wing Venture Capital; Erin Egan, VP Public Policy and Chief Privacy Officer for Policy at Facebook; Jane Horvath, Senior Director, Global Privacy at Apple; Susan Shook, Global Privacy Officer at The Procter &…
Read More »Tired of targeted ads on Facebook and Google? Here’s how to get rid of them!
When the holidays have finally come around and it’s time to tackle your shopping list, it’s normal to browse multiple websites and products looking for the perfect pick. It’s just as common to see those same products popping up in targeted ads on your social media and web browsers long after…
Read More »Pharmacy fined £275K (470K Canadian) for GDPR violation
A London pharmacy has incurred the UK’s first ever data protection fine of £275,000 for breaching the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Doorstep Dispensaree, has been fined £275,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for its “cavalier attitude to data protection” after leaving 500,000 medical documents containing sensitive information…
Read More »Brazil surpasses UK in Facebook fine over Cambridge Analytica scandal
The Brazilian government has fined Facebook following an investigation around the misuse of personal data belonging to nearly half a million users in political campaigns. The 6,6 million reais ($1.6 million) fine was issued by the country’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security and relates to the data misuse scandal…
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Leading with a security-first mentality
As technology rapidly develops, the number of security and privacy concerns will only continue …
