Privacy and Information Security news stories affecting Canada and the Fediverse.
Ontario’s privacy commissioner and Ontario Health are investigating a reported data breach affecting Ontario Health atHome, the province’s home-care coordination service. The incident may have exposed personal health information for…
Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) is a complex law with lengthy definitions and multiple obligations, making it challenging for solo practitioners and small health care organizations to meet…
ChatGPT users have discovered that the popular AI chatbot can serve as a reverse-location search tool. In other words, you can show ChatGPT a picture, and it can pretty reliably…
OpenAI has rolled out an update to ChatGPT’s Memory feature, allowing the chatbot to remember not just your preferences but all your previous conversations. “This is a surprisingly great feature…
Photos of valid passports, staff payroll information and credit card statements were among the nearly 1 million files uploaded onto the dark web after a recent ransomware attack by a…
At all risk levels, the simplest way to protect your privacy is to limit how much data you carry across the border. EFF advises leaving devices you don’t need at…