Privacy and Information Security news stories affecting Canada and the Fediverse.
A device federal public servants call “the little robot” began appearing in Gatineau office buildings in March. It travels through the workplace to collect data using about 20 sensors and…
Nova Scotia’s privacy commissioner says the provincial government’s continuing lack of support for her office is a “major disappointment.” Tricia Ralph made the comments in the Office of the Information…
Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner says provincial ministries and agencies ignored dozens of his requests over the last year to release public information. A report from Ron Kruzeniski, released Thursday, said there…
A sixth suspect in connection with the massive Desjardins data theft has been arrested after he turned himself in to authorities. The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) says Mathieu Joncas, a…
Public likes on X, formerly known as Twitter, established a public record of every user’s interests and interactions, but were also an occasional source of trouble for politicians, celebrities and…
Quebec provincial police have arrested five people in connection with a multimillion-dollar fraud and the theft of data belonging to almost 10 million clients of the co-operative financial group Desjardins.…