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What keeps Canada’s Privacy Commissioner so busy

Bills that would handle ompulsory breach notification, spam and modernizing the federal Privacy Act are just three of the items on Jennifer Stoddart's agenda. More from SC World Congress Canada 2010

Google ‘carelessly’ broke Canadian law: Commissioner

The company is at fault for failing failure to follow procedure, says the privacy czar, who set a deadline for Google to meet her recommendations

Canadian privacy commissioner ends Facebook probe

Facebook has resolved the privacy issues raised in a May 2008 complaint, the commissioner said

EU plans to limit its use of private personal data

The war on terror won't become a war on privacy, the European Commission says

Don’t use the Patriot Act as an excuse

Canadians are quick to use the U.S.A. Patriot Act as an excuse to avoid cloud computing, but they might not know many of the same laws already exist in Canada. Privacy lawyer David Fraser highlights the similarities at an OPC-hosted event

Privacy debacles don

Recent privacy incidents involving Google Buzz and Facebook shouldn

Twitter settles FTC privacy complaint

The agency investigation focuses on two attacks in 2009 in which user accounts were compromised

Android apps can threaten privacy, says vendor

A maker of mobile malware software claims a significant number of apps on Android Market aren't secure. A Google spokesperson said the report falsely suggest users can't control the apps

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Experts sound the alarm on readiness for Canada’s new privacy regulations

Businesses that haven’t started preparing for the new privacy rules coming to Canada this fall could be in for an unpleasant surprise, say experts. The...

Insider threats: Establishing intent and people-centricity

The “Bring Your Own Device” movement (BYOD) is now a given in the workplace. People have come to expect free access to company computing...