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Flourishing Internet of Things still faces adoption, security challenges, Juniper finds

Juniper Research cites cybersecurity and increasing complexity as potential roadblocks, particularly in the consumer market

Customers sharing data want to know what’s in it for them

The average consumer now realizes their data is of value to marketers but they still don’t understand how their data is being used.

Does focusing on data security constrain growth? Yes and no, experts say

Ann Cavoukian, who served as Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner from 1997 until 2014 and now works for Ryerson University’s Privacy and Big Data...

Could Amazon’s ‘cashier-free’ grocery store be the future of retail?

Have you ever wanted to walk out of the grocery store without paying? Now you can - sort of. Amazon Inc. has opened a new...

Your headphones may be listening to you

Headphones: timeless, indispensable technology used across the globe for listening to music, making phone calls, and even as makeshift microphones, or... listening devices? A group...

Facebook and Apple take top spot for encrypted IM

Blackberry’s BBM scored surprisingly low in an Amnesty International report that emphasized the importance of encrypted communication, particularly for activists and journalists

Wikileaks emails show Apple can still give law enforcement meta-data despite encryption

Apple Inc. gives governments information about its customers "thousands of times every month" and on-device encryption wouldn't hinder its ability to provide law enforcement...

When Salesforce Einstein asks for your data, will you say yes?

SAN FRANCISCO -- Salesforce administrators are going to have a new choice to make when the winter update is pushed out a couple of...

Ed Snowden warns against using Google’s new chat app Allo

Google is launching Allo, its new chat app with a built-in AI assistant. But Edward Snowden says the app is open to surveillance by law enforcement.

Black Code TIFF premiere tells cautionary tale of digital transformation’s dark side

Who will watch the watchers? Well, all of us. That's the message to be decrypted - albeit easily enough - from Black Code, a film...

New data breach notification standards should be flexible, adaptive, ITAC says

As Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) prepares to release a second version of the country’s new data breach notification standards this fall,...

WhatsApp gives users 30 days to opt out of giving Facebook carte blanche use of their phone numbers

Users of instant messaging service WhatsApp will see their account information - including their phone numbers - shared with Facebook and used for ad...

Protect your work from prying eyes with HP’s new Sure View feature

If you're constantly glancing over your shoulder at work, nervous that a nosy colleague or errant visitor will spot something more incriminating than your...

Giving police passwords would ‘criminalize privacy’: encryption vendor

The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) this week passed resolution that formally requests legal measures to lawfully unlock digital evidence, citing the rise of cybercriminals who are using encryption tools to hide illicit activities

Privacy Commissioner’s office weighs in on proposed data breach regulations

Canadian businesses that fall victim to data breaches will soon be required to notify users that their personal data has been compromised, if Canada's...

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