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Technology, privacy and consent as currency – CMO Talks with Gerry Murray of IDC

With all that’s been happening technology-wise over the past decade or so, it might be tempting to form the belief that the world is...

Nearly half of privacy compliance technology to rely on AI by 2023

More than 40 per cent of privacy compliance technology will rely on artificial intelligence (AI) by 2023, a five per cent increase from today,...

Paranoid privacy tool can jam your smart speaker’s microphone

With smart home devices proliferating, the secondary effect of privacy is becoming a concern. While a majority of consumers are not paying attention to...

BlackBerry launches Digital Workplace

BlackBerry has announced the launch of Digital Workplace, a software solution that allows users to access their corporate tools - both on-premise and in...

Google to implement new quality standard for video ads for Chrome and YouTube starting in August

The Coalition for Better Ads announced this week announced a new set of standards for ads that appear during video content.  The American-base industry group...

No expectation of privacy in an IP address, Alberta judge rules

Police in Alberta don't need a court order to get an external IP address from a service provider in trying to identify an internet...

Canada’s privacy commissioner asks for input to address AI privacy concerns

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) is asking industry stakeholders to bring forward their concerns and ideas to address the privacy...

Data Privacy Day warning: Organizations that succeed take privacy seriously

Businesses should be worried that Canadians increasingly don't trust them to handle their personal data and information generated through online buying, according to a...

Ontario construction firm victim of ransomware attack

A multi-million dollar Ontario construction firm that has worked on major federal and provincial projects including facilities for national defence and police stations has...

New report says Windows’ EFS encryption could be leveraged by ransomware

Infosec teams are being warned about a vulnerability in Windows' file encryption capability which may mean temporarily abandoning the EFS encryption functionality Windows has long...

Say hello to Microsoft’s new Chromium-based browser

Microsoft officially launched its new Edge Chromium browser across both Windows and macOS operating systems this week and is available for download now. One of...

Malware is going to get weirder in 2020, so it’s time for enterprises to get weird too, says Trend Micro exec

As we leave 2019 behind, a new year approaches. And with it comes the impending waves of new malware that businesses will have to...

Cyberattack on LifeLabs puts private information of millions of Canadians at risk 

Laboratory testing company LifeLabs says a cyberattack that involved unauthorized access to its computer systems has put the private information of roughly 15 million...

Hashtag Trending – Facebook admits to another data leak, Netflilx’s war on password sharing, Google voice-assistant training

New logo, same Facebook, Netflix doesn’t want you to share, and a feel-good campaign to help Google Assistant better understand people with speech impairments. Facebook...

Lack of cybersecurity training still a major issue, says Scalar study

A lack of cybersecurity training in the workplace continues to be a major reason why there's a surge in cyberattacks in Canada, according to a...

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