Privacy
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Drone hovering outside midtown Toronto condo raises privacy concerns"It's really unnerving and it really does sort of shatter any sense of of privacy," Lisa Graston said.CrimeSep 20
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Thousands of banking records exposed after Alberta dental benefits administrator hackedThe Alberta Dental Service Corporation was hacked between May 7 and July 9. The hackers communicated that they were holding data ransom and demanded cryptocurrency in payment.CanadaAug 10
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B.C. judge partially certifies class-action lawsuit against health authority over ‘fake nurse’A B.C. judge has ruled that a proposed class-action lawsuit against a B.C. health authority can go ahead on some of its claims about a bogus nurse working at a Vancouver hospital.CrimeJul 26
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Airbnb wins Vancouver privacy rulingVancouver housing activist Rohana Rezel has had a beef with Airbnb and the City of Vancouver for years, and a B.C. Supreme Court ruling this week means there's no end in sight.EconomyJul 6
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Canada’s cyber intelligence agency logged 137 ‘privacy incidents’ in 2022The Communications Security Establishment has resumed sharing ‘metadata’ with Five Eyes countries after the program was stopped due to privacy issues.CanadaJun 29
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PRHC reaches $988K proposed settlement for patient privacy breaches in 2011-2012Between 2011 and early 2012, former employees at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre inappropriately accessed the personal information of approximately 280 patients.HealthJun 15
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Kingston Police shut down media portalKingston Police have shut down what Acting Chief Scott Fraser called an 'antiquated' media portal after a privacy complaint from a citizen and concern for police officer safety.CanadaJun 6
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Liberals try to delay fight over privacy rules for political partiesThe Liberal Party’s lawyers argue that a new law, which does not include privacy safeguards for Canadian voters, supersedes B.C. watchdog’s orders.CanadaMay 8
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Trudeau government says privacy rules shouldn’t apply to federal partiesThe Liberals’ budget bill says privacy rules should not apply to federal political parties collecting sensitive information on Canadian voters.CanadaMay 3
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Liberal Party of Canada fights privacy rules for parties as government mulls legislationThere are virtually no rules for how federal political parties collect, store and use sensitive personal information about Canadians.PoliticsApr 13
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