By Christine Persaud
Every popular streaming service in Canada, from Netflix to Disney+, Crave to Amazon Prime Video, has a recommendations engine that offers suggestions of what to watch next based on what you have watched prior. While this seems deeply personal, some find that the choices are lacking.
by Lee Rickwood
Surfing the Web can be risky business, especially if bumping into the wrong site can lead to the infection of a personal laptop or an entire network.
by Lee Rickwood
Online technology helps family history sleuths separate DNA into parental sides using big data in web-based network.
Employee monitoring and workplace surveillance means big business. It may also mean big brother. Employee monitoring lets organizations track the activities of employees and gather information that helps drive productivity and boost security. With an uptick in the number of…
By Christine Persaud
If you haven’t already jumped on board with a travel loyalty program, you might be considering doing so. There are plenty of benefits just as there are with any other loyalty program. But which one should you join?
by Lee Rickwood
Broadband nutrition labels should help explain why enormous volumes of our personal information are being collected and what they’re being used for.
by Lee Rickwood
Be it hard-to-close windows urging you to enter your email address on a news site, or email opt-outs on shopping sites in difficult-to-find locations in difficult-to-read text, or those pre-checked boxes that allow ongoing charges, or those special product sales messages implying you’d better hurry, as there are only two of your favourite item left to buy, dark patterns appear almost anywhere and encourage us to do almost anything..
By Christine Persaud
As at March 2022, the ArriveCAN app is a new requirement for air travel in order to be permitted re-entry into Canada. Rules are often changing so check the Government of Canada website or Border Services Agency notifications or contact your airline for the most up-to-date requirements once you’re ready to depart. But for now, it’s essential.