Privacy and Information Security news stories affecting Canada and the Fediverse.
Female health monitoring apps are putting women at risk by “coercing” them into disclosing – and then poorly handling – highly sensitive data, according to new research. “While female health…
Emerging apps use AI to guess when you’ll be sad. Can they also help you feel better? If you have a sore throat, you can get tested for a host…
Rob Ford gets stern letter from Ontario Privacy Commissioner about destroyed records. http://t.co/Xb2XDcVWBi -> Leaky Apps Raise Privacy Concerns in This Week’s Dangerous Android Apps. http://t.co/NlPUqFNNeZ -> Bar groups rally…
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada announces funding for 10 new independent privacy research projects. http://trl.ca/4q Info and Privacy commish puts freeze on “vexatious” University of Ottawa requests. http://trl.ca/4p…
Watch Aaron Swartz Get Interviewed Months Before His Suicide. http://trl.ca/3z CISPA Is Dead. Now Let’s Do a Cybersecurity Bill Right. http://trl.ca/3y Build privacy into your systems or risk penalties: Australia’s…
Protecting Privacy, Limiting Street Photography. http://trl.ca/2i Anonymous Calls For A CISPA Blackout To Protest The Bill’s Privacy Threat… But Nobody Listens. http://trl.ca/2h OK Glass, RIP Privacy: The Democratization Of Surveillance.…