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Time to beef up federal privacy law, says Stoddart

Time to beef up federal privacy law, says Stoddart

23 May 2013 By: Howard Solomon - Computing Canada Creator
Privacy commissioner says organizations are displacing privacy rights, wants power to levy fines and to require organizations to report loss of personal information
Anti-piracy firm caught using photos without consent

Anti-piracy firm caught using photos without consent

16 May 2013 By: Nestor E. Arellano - Computing Canada Creator
Canipre helps firms track down illegal downloaders of their copyrighted content, but this week it was caught using copyrighted photos on its Web site without securing permission
Mozilla hot under the collar over Firefox spoofing

Mozilla hot under the collar over Firefox spoofing

02 May 2013 By: Nestor E. Arellano - Computing Canada Creator
Report by University of Toronto's Citizen Lab that U.K. firm's spyware masquerades as Firefox prompts complaints from browser creator Mozilla
Lost client data not encrypted: IIROC

Lost client data not encrypted: IIROC

25 Apr 2013 By: Nestor E. Arellano - Computing Canada Creator
Device which contained the personal information of some 52,000 brokerage firm customers was password protected but the data itself was not encrypted
Enshrine data breach guidelines in law: Stoddart

Enshrine data breach guidelines in law: Stoddart

25 Apr 2013 By: Nestor E. Arellano - Computing Canada Creator
Of the 3,134 breaches experienced by government departments between 2002 and 2012, only 399 were reported to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Time to beef up federal privacy law, says Stoddart
23 May 2013
Time to beef up federal privacy law, says Stoddart
Privacy commissioner says organizations are displacing privacy rights, wants power to levy fines and to require organizations to report loss of personal information
Anti-piracy firm caught using photos without consent
16 May 2013
Anti-piracy firm caught using photos without consent
Canipre helps firms track down illegal downloaders of their copyrighted content, but this week it was caught using copyrighted photos on its Web site without securing permission
Mozilla hot under the collar over Firefox spoofing
02 May 2013
Mozilla hot under the collar over Firefox spoofing
Report by University of Toronto's Citizen Lab that U.K. firm's spyware masquerades as Firefox prompts complaints from browser creator Mozilla
Lost client data not encrypted: IIROC
25 Apr 2013
Lost client data not encrypted: IIROC
Device which contained the personal information of some 52,000 brokerage firm customers was password protected but the data itself was not encrypted

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