The organization said that attack has affected the personal information of more than 329,000 members and stakeholders.

PAL Airlines says it will work with the Federal Privacy Commissioner in its investigation.

The company declined to say how many Canadian users were affected, citing security concerns.

Some critics say Google’s privacy updates sidestep more substantial changes that could threaten its ad-driven business model.

A Harvard Medical School researcher is criticizing Facebook's new suicide prevention program, saying it amounts to using users for medical research without their consent. 

Airbus, the world's second-largest aerospace group, said that it had taken actions to beef up security.

Facebook is in talks with American banks to add customers' financial information to its Messenger platform, including transactions and chequing account balances, recent reports indicate.

Along with the crowdfunding campaign, industry experts have also begun publishing letters of support online for the 19-year-old.

While privacy is still a concern, government datasets opened to the public have not led to any disasters — yet.

The FBI's victory in breaking into an iPhone merely prolongs a battle over how far the government can go to examine private data.