Privacy and Information Security news stories affecting Canada and the Fediverse.
Rising demand for criminal background checks raises alarmVancouver SunDavid Loukidelis, BC’s privacy commissioner, also noted that employers face the burden of maintaining confidential information. “You’re going to end up with…
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…
‘Remote technologies’ poised to become key part of home health care …Canada NewsWire (press release)… to live longer in their own homes – with their privacy fully protected, says Ontario’s…
Constant Surveillance Rankles BritonsNew York TimesHer case, now scheduled to be heard by a regulatory tribunal, has become emblematic of the struggle between personal privacy and the ever more powerful…
Privacy advocate gains support in fight to keep Social Security numbers on Web …ComputerworldBy Jaikumar Vijayan Computerworld – A fight by the Virginia government to stop a privacy advocate from…
Faceoff with FacebookToronto Star… users after federal privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart raised concerns about how the online giant stored and shared peoples’ personal information. … Facebook to comply with privacy…