Privacy and Information Security news stories affecting Canada and the Fediverse.
According to the 23andMe’s privacy policy, if the company is involved in a “bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets, your Personal Information may be accessed, sold or transferred…
Ann Cavoukian – What is Biometric Encryption and Privacy by Design? YouTube Johnny Ryan interviews Ann Cavoukian, the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, for the European Biometrics Forum. Facebook’s…
US-Canada to share refugees’ biometric infoCanada.comCanada’s privacy commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, had expressed a series of concerns about the biometric data sharing when the plan was first announced in … Finance…
Insurance firms tell privacy commissioner to butt out Vancouver Sun OTTAWA — Canada’s privacy czar is facing demands from key players in the insurance industry to butt out of claim…
Officials to trade data internationally to curb immigration fraud By Mike Blanchfield, Canwest News ServiceAugust 22, 2009 Calling asylum seekers a “vulnerable group,” Canada’s privacy commissioner expressed concern Friday about…
iPhone SMS Privacy Flaw DiscoveredCNET News – San Francisco,CA,USASetting the iPhone to emergency call mode allows someone to see incoming text messages even if the passcode lock is turned on.…