Information Privacy

• Former City of Edmonton worker accessed info of 5,000 personnel in 2021 data breach

  An outside forensic IT consulting firm identified more than 157,000 records in the data breach, an Edmonton city official said.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2022
  
• The threat of Huawei 5G

  While Huawei Canada President Eric Li said the company will not spy on Canadians, technology experts warn 5G comes with too many risks.

  Canada

  Aug 25, 2020
  
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• Facebook plans to deepen data sharing between Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp: report

  Following a turbulent year fraught with controversy, the news of Facebook's potential plans to unify the services under its umbrella has been alarming to many.

  Consumer

  Jan 26, 2019
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• Thousands of Canadians’ personal data from NCIX servers listed on Craigslist: cybersecurity expert

  The data was allegedly on servers sold at auction that the now-bankrupt company failed to wipe.

  Sep 21, 2018
• Google, Mastercard have ‘secret partnership’ to track in-store transactions: report

  Google announced a plan last year to collect U.S. credit card transaction data, but it did not reveal who it had partnered with for the data.

  Tech

  Sep 2, 2018