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U.S. spy chief defends phone, Internet surveillance

Canadians and other nationals using Internet and phone communications could be affected by American anti-terrorist surveillance program known as Prism

U.S. endorsement of spyware akin to Canuck group’s proposal

Anti-IP theft commission's recommendations bears similarities with Canadian business and tech organization's proposal on monitoring software installation

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

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 Canadian client data not encrypted, says IIROC

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

Of the 3,134 breaches experienced by government departments between 2002 and 2012, only 399 were reported to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

Focus on bring-your-own-liabilities

Organizations need to pay attention to the potential legal issues associated with BYOD technologies, according to lawyer Arvind Dixit

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