Privacy

It’s safe to say that 2020 has been a year of unpredictability and adaptation. The two go hand in hand, of course. The unpredictability of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced businesses and individuals to adapt to protect everything from the economy to our very lives. The technology industry, too, hasn’t…

Quebec’s proposed modernization of its private sector privacy legislation (Quebec Privacy Act) certainly contains a number of additional operationally burdensome demands on enterprises. However, the proposed amendments in Bill 64 contain several pragmatic, or even business-friendly, provisions. These provisions are not as headline grabbing as big administrative monetary penalties or…

During this pandemic, preserving public health has, rightly, been our nation’s top concern. But a lively debate has arisen during this time about whether that top priority necessarily means that other values – such as privacy – need to give way. If tracking people’s location will facilitate contact tracing and…

Following a court decision on Friday (22 June 2020), it is now highly likely that California will introduce legislation that curtails “cross-context behavioral advertising”.  A court decision on Friday (19 June 2020) makes it highly likely that Californians will vote on the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the successor to…

• Trump 2020 app uses data to sidestep online platforms • Biden app accesses phone contacts to build ‘relational organizing’ • Trump inspiration appears to come from India’s Narendra Modi Ahead of President Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, his 2020 re-election campaign manager Brad Parscale tweeted about the event. “Just…

Hundreds of popular websites now offer some form of multi-factor authentication (MFA), which can help users safeguard access to accounts when their password is breached or stolen. But people who don’t take advantage of these added safeguards may find it far more difficult to regain access when their account gets…

FortiGuard Labs Threat Analysis  Affected platforms:     Windows 10 & Windows Server 2019 Impacted parties:        Windows 10 version 1809 + and Windows Server version 1903 + Impact:                        Privilege Escalation & User-Privacy Settings Violation Severity level:              Important On…

On June 12, 2020, Quebec tabled its proposed update to its public and private sector privacy laws, and it lives up to the promise of the “GDPR-style legislation” first announced this spring. There are a number of elements that echo other federal and provincial privacy laws in Canada, but there…

As authorities and companies explore surveillance tools to fight the coronavirus and reopen the U.S. economy, many federal lawmakers agree that privacy protections are key. But proposals for safeguards unveiled in recent weeks have crashed into two familiar roadblocks in the U.S. Senate. Many Republicans want federal law to override…

I never would have consciously volunteered my home address, work location and vacation plans to Tim Hortons, but the company found out anyway. I haven’t been singled out for special treatment. For more than a year, the coffee chain has been tracking the movements of customers in exacting detail through…