Privacy

Measures -- including tracing apps -- must be necessary, proportionate, use de-identified data where possible and time-limited. Also, the EU issued guidance specifically for mobile apps

Public health authorities hope a mobile app will help get people back to work, but panelists raise questions about the effectiveness and privacy

Heated debate starts on whether and how cellphone location data can be used in the fight against the disease

There are cases where it's appropriate to share health data, particularly if a province declares an emergency

With smart home devices proliferating, the secondary effect of privacy is becoming a concern. While a majority of consumers are not paying attention to...

Court will be asked to order Facebook to implement measures to ensure it gets meaningful consent from users, and that stop collecting data in any way that contravenes Canadian law

Decision if upheld could mean Canadian content providers will have to turn over IP addresses to police without a court order

In his annual report the federal privacy commissioner outlines how Statistics Canada has agreed to follow the principles of necessity and proportionality in data collection. He also repeated his calls to give Canadians the right to privacy