Data Security
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City of London, Ont. blocks TikTok app on municipal devicesThe policy took effect on March 2, and comes after the Treasury Board of Canada announced it would block the use of the app on federal government-issued mobile devices.PoliticsMar 7
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Canadian accountants’ association suffers cyberattack; data of nearly 330K affectedThe organization said that attack has affected the personal information of more than 329,000 members and stakeholders.CanadaJun 4, 2020
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PAL Airlines investigating data breach involving customer, employee informationPAL Airlines says it will work with the Federal Privacy Commissioner in its investigation.CrimeOct 7, 2019
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Food delivery app DoorDash reports data breach affecting 4.9M usersThe company declined to say how many Canadian users were affected, citing security concerns.CanadaSep 26, 2019
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Google beefs up privacy measures — but some experts aren’t impressedSome critics say Google’s privacy updates sidestep more substantial changes that could threaten its ad-driven business model.ConsumerMay 8, 2019
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Facebook’s suicide prevention tool sparks concernA Harvard Medical School researcher is criticizing Facebook's new suicide prevention program, saying it amounts to using users for medical research without their consent.HealthFeb 11, 2019
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Airbus investigating cyber attack, says commercial operations not affectedAirbus, the world's second-largest aerospace group, said that it had taken actions to beef up security.CanadaJan 30, 2019
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Facebook asks U.S. banks to share financial information, banks cite privacy concerns: reportFacebook is in talks with American banks to add customers' financial information to its Messenger platform, including transactions and chequing account balances, recent reports indicate.ConsumerAug 6, 2018
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Crowdfunding campaign aims to pay legal defence of N.S. teen charged after data breachAlong with the crowdfunding campaign, industry experts have also begun publishing letters of support online for the 19-year-old.CanadaApr 18, 2018
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ANALYSIS: If data is the new oil, who owns the well? Canadians’ expectations in the age of open dataWhile privacy is still a concern, government datasets opened to the public have not led to any disasters — yet.CommentaryOct 31, 2017
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