Almost everyone with an email or instant messaging account has become used to receiving a seemingly never-ending stream of unsolicited messages. Commonly known as spam, some of these messages are “phishing attempts” where the intended goal is to get the recipient to do something that compromises
The Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) will host a special event in Waterloo on Friday, May 31, at Wilfrid Laurier University, Science Building, 75 University Avenue in Waterloo. This event is part of the IPC’s Reaching Out to Ontario program. Commissioner Brian Beamish, along with
Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. General Data Protection Regulation. These were headline news for much of 2018. Both served to highlight how advancements in technology can infringe on privacy rights and the importance of valuing and protecting personal information. While it might be tempting to
There’s a new sensor on the block. Or at least there could be, if you’re living in the urban jungle of a smart city. For those not familiar with it, smart city is a term to describe a community that uses connected technologies to collect and analyze data to improve services for citizens. An example
Ontario’s public institutions and health information custodians are required to take reasonable steps to safeguard personal information from the time of collection to the point of destruction. This means that personal information that is stored on digital media or devices must be securely destroyed
The IPC recognizes Media Literacy Week by shining a spotlight on the importance of privacy education on digital and media literacy for young people everywhere. In an increasingly digital world, the prevalence of cyberbullying, sexting, hacking, email scams and other threats has made it more
The emergence of big data as a tool to manage and analyze large and complex data sets offers great promise and opportunity, but also raises serious privacy challenges and considerations, especially to personal privacy. Public and health sector institutions increasingly use big data tools to improve
Technological advancements have changed the way Ontario’s public institutions develop policy and design service delivery programs. Governments are collecting more data than ever before, and are taking advantage of powerful computing and analytical models. Many believe that big data analytics support
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada and his Quebec and Ontario counterparts will hold a news conference Tuesday to discuss privacy issues and the federal government’s national consultation on modernizing Canada’s national security Framework. Privacy Commissioner of Canada Daniel Therrien, Ontario
Educators are using online educational services for student learning, communication and evaluation. While these services may be innovative, accessible and available at little or no cost, their use could put the privacy of students and their families at risk. Sometimes teachers use online services
