Privacy and Information Security news stories affecting Canada and the Fediverse.
Ontario privacy commissioner baffled that premier’s staffers deleted gas-plants e-maills. http://t.co/qd0WwTok3L -> Concealment of Identity Act (Bill C-309) passes through the Senate. http://t.co/OWmnT8QzQy -> Privacy concerns raised as the U.S…
Canada needs to update its tools to protect privacy. Privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart has advice. http://t.co/dPWF2hJDm3 -> Canada Post makes an appeal… for junk mail? http://t.co/t3aRLzNKlG -> Serious Privacy Flaw…
Hate to nag, but #IAPP Toronto Symposium is offering free WiFi. Encryption free. No WPA2, no WPA… not even WEP? -> PIPEDA is not keeping up with today’s privacy protection…
Privacy boss’ Workers’ Compensation Board concerns linger: Two acts still at odds a year later. http://t.co/9C8jEYi1H4 -> Microsoft talks Xbox One in this Q&A on the device’s naming, privacy and…
NOVA to examine technology’s role in capturing Boston bombers. http://t.co/aD4IwivnQZ -> Metadata matters: how phone records and obsolete laws harm privacy and the free press. http://t.co/v04Sxoqvpk ->
As I wrote yesterday, HostGator locked me out of my brand-new account because of “suspicious” activity. I called back to push them further on it. Do I really need to…