by Lee Rickwood
Without tough laws to level today’s digital playing field, data privacy and security disputes can pit people against corporations (or their own governments). The legal, financial and administrative muscle the enterprise can muster far outstrips that of most individuals to protect themselves.
by Lee Rickwood
In our fight against COVID-19, a vaccine is no silver bullet. But is silver? Is copper? Canadian tech companies are providing some answers.
by Lee Rickwood
Under the new Act, Canadians could demand that their information on social media platforms, such as Facebook or Twitter, be permanently deleted. And the country’s privacy commissioner could order them to comply.
They were rescued this time. That makes this particular story of how two men and their vehicle fell through the ice a happy one, but sadly, that’s not always the case. Long a hazard for the residents of Canada’s Far…
by Lee Rickwood
The need for effective countermeasures to fight the spread of the coronavirus, and for reliable information to fight our confusion, anxiety, or skepticism about COVID-19, is paramount.
by Lee Rickwood
As different jurisdictions adopt new criteria for determining restrictions on our activities — or to use that unfortunate term, lockdowns — the need for fast, reliable, clear, and consistent messaging is greater now than ever before.
by Lee Rickwood
Robust testing and evaluation is one way to ensure the safe and secure implementation of advanced technologies like drones with artificial intelligence.
Much of today’s technology is designed to deceive and manipulate us — not to protect us, our privacy or our property. Into our smartphones and our social media sites and our connected digital gadgetry, product designers have embedded certain techniques…