Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2014
October 1st marked the start of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. It’s an opportunity to share tips and tools to help people stay more safe and secure online.
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From APP-laudable to dis-APP-ointing, global mobile app privacy sweep yields mixed results
Back in May, the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN) embarked upon its second annual Privacy Sweep, this time with a focus on mobile apps.
Read moreIt’s back to school!
Looking for ways to kick the school year off right?
Read moreMind the gap: Poll finds many Canadian businesses believe privacy is important but not taking basic steps to protect customer information
Ten years after Canada’s private sector privacy law came into full effect, our latest survey has found that many Canadian businesses are still not taking the basic steps necessary to protect the personal information of their customers and clients – despite believing that protecting privacy is “extremely important”.
Read moreAn update on our Internet privacy sweep
Last month, we released the initial results of our Internet privacy sweep. You can read the original blog post to see what we observed. (We should note here that the screenshots and references in that blog post reflect what we saw online during the sweep and were still in place when we originally blogged about the sweep results on August 13.)
Read morePrivacy Pop - Privacy in art
Surveillance, identity, social networks and big data are all compelling subjects for an artist to explore – in fact, IAPP has already combined art and privacy through its Navigate event mashing up art interventions with provocative talks on the future of privacy, and a presentation by their president Trevor Hughes on top privacy issues in which he marries each trend with a compelling piece of modern art.
Read moreInitial results from our Internet Privacy Sweep: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
You might recall, a few weeks back our Office led and participated in the first annual Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN) Internet Privacy Sweep.
Read moreSafe journey, Bon voyage!
Learn more about privacy at airports and border crossings by referring to the new featured topic, and have a safe journey!
Read moreFixing leaky faucets: Raising the bar of privacy protection
“Web leakage” research and follow-up work by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has resulted in improvements to the privacy practices of some popular Canadian websites.
Read moreHat trick at IAPP Canada
Who says hockey season is over in Canada? Check out these three stars from last week's IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium - from left to right, Privacy Commissioner of Canada Jennifer Stoddart; Elizabeth Denham, B.C.'s Information and Privacy Commissioner; and Jill Clayton, Alberta's Information and Privacy Commissioner. This year's Commissioners' Panel, in honour of the playoffs, was modelled after TSN’s The Quiz. The panel also included Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. Commissioners were great sports – they poked fun at each other and themselves, and answered questions about a wide range of privacy issues, including big data, accountability and breach notification. Moderator Kris Klein, IAPP Canada’s managing director, wore a striped referee’s sweater, but didn’t have to blow his whistle or put anyone in the penalty box even once.
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