Monday, July 05, 2010
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
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Prof warns of arms race on the Web At a panel discussion at York University, professors Ronald Deibert and Stephane Leman-Langlois discussed the attacks on Google Inc. and the challenges of working in countries such as China. How quickly can a Youtube video be yanked if an important official finds it embarrassing? WITH VIDEO
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Lawsuit seeks info on surveillance of social networking sites The Electronic Frontier Foundation and UC Berkeley's Samuelson Clinic file a lawsuit against six U.S. government agencies, seeking information on their use of social networking sites for data collection and surveillance. 
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
RIM says UAE carrier's Blackberry update is spyware Etisalat's BlackBerry update was supposedly meant to improve the performance of the smartphone actually contained software that spies on user activity
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
March Networks walks into red again The Ottawa digital video security systems company lost $6.5 million again. However, the CEO sees tenative signs of a global recovery that he thinks could make the company profitable.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
How Cisco combines wireless, video and security Speakers at the Networkers conference discussed credit card security, video surveillance and how much money telework is saving them
Monday, September 08, 2008
Privacy is not a major issue in presidential race EPIC and Libertarian candidate Bob Barr says presidential candidates need to pay more attention to privacy issues.
Monday, June 09, 2008
Cisco sharpens its focus on business video lineup Surveillance and digital signage products herald what the company is calling the Media Ready Network. Executives discuss the potential in branch office environments
Monday, May 26, 2008
March Networks to lose $7 million before taxes Canadian IP video security firm ends the fiscal year with troubled figures. But it hopes an acquistion will help spread sales across a greater number of countries
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
March to buy Italian video vendor Milan-based Cieffe will merge with Terry Matthews’ Ottawa-based firm, at a cost of 20 million Euros. Cieffe claims to have made the world’s first megapixel speed dome camera
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Australia boosts e-surveillance More than a year after the federal government first proposed legislation allowing law enforcement to monitor mobile phones, e-mail, SMS and voicemail messages without a warrant, the amendments have finally reached the Senate with fiery debate expected to follow its introduction into the Upper House of parliament.
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Beating the bug Effective information management is critical to track the spread of infectious disease, especially when saving time means saving lives. Quick response is the key to minimizing the impact of the next pandemic.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Beating The Bug “Pandemic influenza is the mother of all pandemics. It’s a respiratory disease and it spreads very rapidly. It really defines what a pandemic is.” — Arlene King, director-general, Pandemic Preparedness Secretariat, Public Health Agency of Canada
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Bell Sympatico's 'monitoring' announcement has privacy advocates worried A statement by a major Canadian Internet service provider that it will be monitoring customers' cyber activities for possible reporting to government agencies has sparked concern among privacy advocates. 
Friday, May 05, 2006
FCC reaffirms deadline for wiretapping compliance The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week adopted an order that reaffirms the May 14, 2007, deadline for facilities-based broadband Internet access and interconnected VOIP providers to comply with the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) for electronic surveillance.
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Privacy, work e-mailing do not mix Big Brother may not be watching, but your employer most likely is. Every electronic piece of correspondence, such as an e-mail or instant message, written and sent from work is something your company has every right to retrieve and read.
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Watch your on-line chit-chat, the boss is reading it Big Brother may not be watching, but your employer most likely is. Every piece of electronic correspondence written and sent from work, from e-mail to instant messages, is something a company has every right to retrieve and read. Businesses are increasingly doing just that, and they're getting into the habit of keeping these electronic records for years. 
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Todd McDermott’s presentation The end point is evidence…evidence that you can bring to court and use for prosecution. And that’s the intent. It’s not to go out and listen to everybody’s calls, because they don’t care if you’re calling Pizza Pizza. They are trying to get that smoking gun evidence that they can bring into court so that they can get a conviction. 
Sunday, November 28, 2004
Going public In some eyes, public health is the poor cousin of the Canadian health care system. It’s a notion driven by the plain fact that only two per cent of all government health care spending is invested in public health – programs targeted at the health needs of the population as a whole rather than at individuals. Earlier this year, however, the federal government took several steps to address this perceived neglect.
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
New pan-Canadian system a bonanza for public health Public health – runs a popular joke among practitioners – is the poor cousin of the overall health system in Canada. The statement is only semi-facetious given that just 2 per cent of all government healthcare dollars are invested on public health. 
Thursday, February 05, 2004
U of T students in Guatemala Here in Canada we take technology for granted. Our personal data is relatively secure, Internet access is unfettered and no one comes pounding at our door demanding to see our software licenses. In much of the rest of the world this is often not the case.
Tuesday, October 14, 2003
New e-mail monitoring laws drafted After years of debate, industrial disputes and legal wrangling, legislation is finally being introduced to cover e-mail monitoring in the workplace.
Friday, November 23, 2001
FBI asks for telecom help on surveillance: report With telecommunication service providers using packet-based transmissions like voice over IP (Internet Protocol) for phone calls more often, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wants U.S. carriers to help make those new kinds of networks easier to tap, according to a report.
Friday, September 14, 2001
Will U.S. attack hurt Internet privacy? Is stepped-up government surveillance of cyberspace needed in the wake of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C.?
Wednesday, September 12, 2001
Will U.S. attack hurt Internet privacy? Is stepped-up government surveillance of cyberspace needed in the wake of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C.?