Ontarians’ health info being shared with U.S. border services: reports
Ontario’s privacy watchdog is probing reports that private health information is being shared with U.S. border services, saying it’s a matter “of grave concern” to her. Her office “will investigate the...
View ArticleBorder agency’s war crimes tag ‘potentially misleading': privacy watchdog
The federal privacy watchdog says Canada’s border agency broke the law by labelling people on its highly touted “wanted” list as war criminals — a potentially misleading tag the agency failed to...
View ArticlePrivacy experts warn about dangers of image theft via online photo scraping
When a photo of the late Rehtaeh Parsons was used for a dating website’s advertisement on Facebook last year, the callous misappropriation of her image shocked those who saw it. It should’ve also been...
View ArticleEavesdropping agency must be more transparent with Canadians: watchdog
The federal privacy watchdog says the government’s electronic eavesdropping agency should tell Canadians more about what it’s doing. Communications Security Establishment Canada — caught in the...
View ArticleBell customer information breached by hackers
Bell Canada says 22,400 of its small business customers have had their account information compromised by hackers. Bell says in a release the breach of usernames and passwords occurred when an...
View ArticlePrivacy concerns over usage-based auto insurance
It may save you money but some are raising concerns about the privacy issues over data collected with usage-based auto insurance.
View ArticleFeds shut down more sites in Heartbleed bug aftermath
Federal government websites have been slow to react after the Heartbleed bug revealed earlier this week. The Ontario government says its vulnerable websites have now been protected. And in the...
View ArticleGovernment bombarded telecom companies with requests for customer info: document
The federal government asks Canadian telecom companies for private customer information about 1.2 million times each year, documents released Tuesday by the federal privacy commissioner’s office show....
View ArticleNew tool for Canadians to learn whether telecoms collecting info about them
Canadians concerned about their online privacy have a new way to find out whether their telecom provider is collecting information about them — and sharing it with third parties like government...
View ArticleOntario Privacy Commissioner on medical records found in Richmond Hill
Ontario Privacy Commissioner Brian Beamish speaks with CityNews’ Gord Martineau about confidential medical records found on a street in Richmond Hill.
View ArticleFeds shut down more sites in Heartbleed bug aftermath
Federal government websites have been slow to react after the Heartbleed bug revealed earlier this week. The Ontario government says its vulnerable websites have now been protected. And in the...
View ArticleGovernment bombarded telecom companies with requests for customer info: document
The federal government asks Canadian telecom companies for private customer information about 1.2 million times each year, documents released Tuesday by the federal privacy commissioner’s office show....
View ArticleNew tool for Canadians to learn whether telecoms collecting info about them
Canadians concerned about their online privacy have a new way to find out whether their telecom provider is collecting information about them — and sharing it with third parties like government...
View ArticleOntario Privacy Commissioner on medical records found in Richmond Hill
Ontario Privacy Commissioner Brian Beamish speaks with CityNews’ Gord Martineau about confidential medical records found on a street in Richmond Hill.
View ArticleOttawa sharing info with U.S. Homeland Security on all Americans entering Canada
Canada’s border agency has quietly begun sharing information with U.S. Homeland Security about the thousands of American citizens who cross into Canada each day. Before long, Washington is expected to...
View ArticleLoblaw criticized for personal information requests in gift card roll-out
Loblaw Companies Ltd. isn’t providing details as to why some Canadians have been singled out with requests to hand over additional personal information to secure their $25 gift card related to the...
View ArticleCanadians joining #DeleteFacebook amid fears about electoral meddling: experts
Many Canadians are pledging to delete their Facebook accounts as part of an online campaign #DeleteFacebook. The pledge encourages people to permanently log off the site amid mounting concerns that the...
View ArticleFed up with Facebook? Here’s how to break it off
Fed up with Facebook? You’re not alone. A growing number of people are deleting it, or at least wrestling with whether they should, in light of its latest privacy debacle — allegations that a...
View ArticleBrexit campaign had access to data collected from Facebook users: whistleblower
The Canadian computer expert who sparked a global debate over electronic privacy said Tuesday that the official campaign backing Britain’s exit from the European Union had access to data that was...
View ArticleFacebook revamps privacy tools as tighter EU rules draw near
Facebook is giving its privacy tools a makeover as it reels from criticisms over its data practices and faces tighter European regulations in the coming months. The changes won’t affect Facebook’s...
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