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The video-sharing application application TikTok had been banned from government-issued phones in Canada. The company is responding with a lobbying push across the country. (Rick Rycroft/AP Photo) Social media giant TikTok began lobbying provincial governments days after provinces forbid employees from having the app on their phones. TikTok, which until…

On October 18, 2021, the Government of British Columbia introduced Bill 22 (the “Bill”)[1]to amend the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (“FIPPA”),[2] which governs how public bodies in British Columbia collect, use, store and disclose personal information. When presenting the Bill in British Columbia’s Legislative Assembly, Minister…

Intrusion Detection Systems Simply Won’t Cut It Going Forward SolarWinds is regarded as the widest-reaching cyber espionage operation against the United States government to date. Dan Verton discusses what we know so far and actions other businesses and organizations should consider in an effort to mitigate the effects of future…

Many organizations are concerned about security, privacy and vendor management for information technology (IT) services and applications, and rightly so. As more organizations purchase “Anything as a Service” (XaaS) cloud-computing products, the need for understanding the security and privacy status of those products grows because: The organization may no longer…

Over the past several years, data governance has emerged as more than just a trendy buzzword. With the passage of GDPR, CCPA, and other industry, government, and healthcare compliance measures, data governance has become a corporate necessity. Yet many chief data officers cite data governance as a major hurdle for their organization. So how…

During his recent Fancy That! Conversations That Change Our World session, Sire surprised us with a true gift: a clear explanation of what cybersecurity is in today’s world. We extracted that 2 minute explanation and we think you will enjoy this:   To watch Sire’s entire session with Bashir Fancy…

Former High Court Justice Michael Kirby recalls the one privacy principle he helped develop at the OECD in the late 1970s that was made redundant when Google emerged in 1998. Speaking at the launch of the Australian Society for Computers & Law, the society’s high profile patron Justice Kirby laid out why…

For three months during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Toronto Police Service stopped accepting most Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. Now, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (OIPCO) has gotten involved, and says it “strongly discourages” any public institutions suspending or not accepting access to information requests…