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New tool assists with compliance, data migration

Data recovery, e-discovery and information management solution vendor Kroll Ontrack has launched version 7.0 of its Ontrack PowerControls offering, promising a reduction in the...

Quebec startup offers help to prepare for new anti-spam laws

A Quebec startup says it has built a communications platform that will help businesses navigate Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL). For the past two years, Montreal-based...

Wind interested in Mobilicity merger following Telus being blocked

Editor's note: Story updated at 3:16 PM with new comments gathered by reporter Howard Solomon. While Mobilicity says it is reviewing Industry Canada's decision to prevent...

Online privacy attacks up by 42%, SMBs targeted

Watching your back online for cyber-criminals tracking your movements might be a smart move, as targeted attacks on online privacy shot up by 42...

Brian Burke lawsuit puts anonymous commenting back in the spotlight

When Brian Burke filed a defamatory lawsuit against 18 anonymous Internet users in April, the former Toronto Maple Leafs general manager said he was...

Software piracy snitch line leads to $106k payment by Ontario company

Beware – the software copyright police are watching. The Business Software Alliance (BSA), a software industry led and funded organization dedicated to raising awareness of...

Cloud regulatory environment in Canada improving: BSA

Canada is getting better when it comes to facilitating the proper legislative, policy and privacy framework to facilitate cloud computing, according to a study...

Canadian business and technology associations oppose anti-spam regulations

A group of 13 associations say the proposed regulations for Canada's anti-spam law go too far.

TekSavvy buys more time in copyright case vs Hollywood studio

A judge granted an adjournment so the court presentations would not be too one-sided.

What happens to cloud data when you die?

Just because you're storing data in the cloud now doesn't mean you'll still be able to access it when you're in heaven. Once you pass from this mortal coil, you'll want to leave those accounts and online information in the hands of loved ones. But it's not as easy as you might think.

Hollywood studio’s bid to get TekSavvy customer information delayed

Voltage Pictures wants a small Ontario ISP to hand over the names of 2,000 customers that it says are responsible for copyright infringement.

One moment in time: Google’s top searches of 2012

As usual, pop culture dominates Google Canada's top searches of 2012, but a tech term did make the top trending list.

Government adds ‘insult to injury’ as musicians denied microSD levy

The Canadian Private Copying Collective had proposed a fee in exchange for the music copied to the storage medium. But it never got its Copyright Board hearing.

Copyright Modernization Act set to come into force

Not all of the new law's provisions will take effect immediately, including protection for ISPs from the copyright violations made by their customers.

How Vancouver’s tiny BroadbandTV is making big waves in online video

Just five years old with 36 employees, the Canadian startup is the sixth largest online broadcaster in the world.

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