Privacy

Ontario Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian takes issue with security vendor Websense

According to a recent survey, a majority of government IT organizations say identity management is very important to securing their networks and will become even more so over the next five years, but that funding to keep pace is a major impediment to growth.

The search engine giant envisions a policy that would be a product of self-regulation by companies, improved laws and possible new ones. APEC may have already beat them to it

A recent cross-country survey reveals that nearly one in 15 Canadians (seven per cent) has been a victim of the crime and one in six

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Be careful with the secrets you reveal to on-line retailers. You just don't know where your personal data could end up and how it might be used. This was the warning issued by Ottawa-based Canadian Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) following its release of a survey that showed "widespread non-compliance with federal privacy laws."

Yahoo Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd. could face a fine, a civil lawsuit, or both if it is found to have illegally divulged personal data used to put a Chinese journalist in jail for 10 years.

The Federal Government Wednesday announced a major review of the Privacy Act. The review, which will be undertaken by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) will examine changes in technology since the laws were first introduced. n