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 to its music service, and former Uber CEO Travis
Despite their fears around data breaches, consumers are willing to trade much of their personal data if it gets them something in return, a new survey has found. In a new report called
Published on: November 4th, 2014
Candice So
@candice_so
Smart watches, smart glasses, armbands, wristbands - at this point, there are wearable devices of all makes and types for tech-conscious consumers. But even though some of them are using their wearable devices
Published on: October 22nd, 2014
Candice So
@candice_so
Giving away personal data in exchange for services can be a heavy trade-off. On one hand, it seems obvious - just be careful about who you give your data to and what you
Published on: July 24th, 2014
Candice So
@candice_so
By Hugo Beniada, Fueled Technology has comprehensively reshaped the landscape of professional sports. Past are the days of greats like Babe Ruth, Jim Thorpe, and Jackie Robinson; a generation of sports heroes whose
Updated on June 26, 2014, at 2:38pm: We just had a great Twitter chat with outgoing Ontario Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian, John Lawford of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, and Monica Goyal of
Published on: June 12th, 2014
Candice So
@candice_so
It’s a ritual once every four years – fans gathering in soccer jerseys emblazoned with their favourite players’ names across the back, storming pubs and bars all over Canada to cheer on their
Mistakes can happen in any organization, but when the office of the federal privacy commissioner loses an unencrypted hard drive with personal information, it must sting. But that’s what happened on Feb. 14
Published on: April 24th, 2014
Howard Solomon
@howarditwc
Palo Alto, Calif.-based virtualization software vendor VMware Inc. will acquire Atlanta-based mobile device management firm AirWatch in a deal worth $1.54 billion, the firms announced this morning. The deal includes $1.175 billion in
Visitors to Toronto's Evergreen Brick Works event venue and conservation area who want to make use of the free Wi-Fi network available won't type in a password to get online - instead, they
Published on: October 3rd, 2013
Candice So
@candice_so
Only a small sliver of Canadians are concerned with keeping their data private, especially in the name of safety and anti-terrorism efforts, according to a survey released yesterday by the Canadian Internet Registration
Published on: August 29th, 2013
Candice So
@candice_so
“My personal decision is to get off of the Internet to the degree it's possible. I'm just an ordinary person. But I really know, after all my research and some serious thinking things
Hundreds of Web companies, such as Facebook, give away a free service in exchange for the right to collect data about the consumers who use the service. In their marketing messages and other
Published on: July 13th, 2012
Mark Sullivan
@itbusinessca
Tim Berners-Lee has said that the problem with companies like Facebook and Google is not that they collect vast troves of data about their users, but that they don't share with them what
Published on: April 20th, 2012
Cameron Scott
@itbusinessca
GET NEWS AND INSIGHTS CRITICAL TO YOUR BUSINESS
Enter your email to receive the IT Business Newsletter and emails of interest from IT World Canada.
ITWC is obtaining consent to send emails. Your information will not be shared outside of ITWC. You may unsubscribe at any time.
ITWC | 55 Town Centre Court | Suite 302 | Toronto | Ontario | M1P 4X4
