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Hashtag Trending – Google CEO’s $380M payday; Amazon, Netflix team up for lawsuit; Cambridge Analytica founder speaks out

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai receives an astronomical paycheque. Amazon and Netflix are teaming up for a lawsuit against a leading U.S. provider of Android...

Canadians’ private Facebook messages may have been shared in data harvesting scandal, official says

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It’s possible Canadians’ private Facebook messages may have been shared without their consent as part of a massive data extraction scandal, a senior leader...

New Facebook data breach may include messages of 48 million users, House of Commons committee told

Brian Jackson -
The cyber security firm that uncovered a data breach involving a B.C.-based firm with links to Cambridge Analytica is aware of another Facebook data...

Hashtag Trending – Gmail’s getting a facelift; Facebook collects data on non-users; HomePod a bust?

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Google’s email platform is getting a facelift; Mark Zuckerberg acknowledges that Facebook collects data on non-users; and Bloomberg reports that the HomePod isn’t selling...

App users value security over convenience – and biometrics over passwords, IBM finds

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A recent IBM survey indicates that when logging into mobile apps, the majority of users prefer security over convenience, though millennials especially prefer the...

Mobile industry organizes to unseat Facebook’s digital identity dominance

Brian Jackson -
The option to “login with Facebook” just isn’t what it used to be. Since Facebook Connect launched in 2008 the social network has tapped into...

How to stay healthy like a pro athlete – Tech in Sports Ep. 38

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The Tech in Sports crew explores all the latest tech news from the last week, including MyFitnessPal's data breach, MLB's first game exclusively on...

Privacy Commissioner’s Facebook investigation expands to include AggregateIQ

Brian Jackson -
Two of Canada's privacy watchdogs will combine their efforts, and their files, to do a joint investigation of Facebook and AggregateIQ, according to the...

Adobe wants to help customers meet data privacy standards – but are they doing enough?

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LAS VEGAS - When asked to articulate his company's approach to data privacy, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen said he believes the software maker has...

This one link is the only way to truly delete your Facebook profile

Brian Jackson -
Nine years after the Privacy Commissioner of Canada requested that Facebook make its account deletion option more accessible, the link to do so remains...

Workday and Slack announce partnership; Google, Microsoft and Facebook on the horizon

Alex Coop -
Workday is partnering with Slack and “actively partnering” with Google, Microsoft and Facebook, the company announced last week. The partnership with Slack, announced March 21,...

Hashtag Trending – Slack makes big privacy changes, YouTube will annoy users with more ads, former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has a new gig

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Slack’s new privacy rules let your boss download your private chats, YouTube is increasing the number of ads before music videos so you subscribe...

Zuckerberg breaks silence, admits mistakes, outlines next steps for Facebook

Alex Radu -
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has finally broken his silence on the Cambridge Analytica scandal, with a public Facebook post admitting that the social media...

Tech a minor component of Toronto’s new ‘smart neighbourhood,’ Sidewalk Labs exec says

Eric Emin Wood -
TORONTO - It's easy for the layperson to interpret Sidewalk Labs' newest project as "Google is building a high-tech neighbourhood in Toronto," but the...

Canada’s Privacy Commissioner escalates, launches formal investigation into Facebook

Alex Radu -
Canada is joining its allies in the United Kingdom, European Union, and United States in launching a formal investigation into Facebook regarding Cambridge Analytica's...
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