How to increase and take back your privacy on Facebook
By Ted Kritsonis
Keeping Facebook’s prying eyes away from not just who you are, but also what you’re doing online, is made a little easier when the right settings are in place.
Search Results for: data protection
Are You GDPR Compliant? Good, Because More New Data Protection Regs are Coming
By Lee Rickwood
May 25 was the date the General Data Protection Regulation came into effect in the European Union; any company or corporation that collects or stores the private data of European citizens must comply with the GDPR. That includes Canadian companies, be they start-up or multi-national: any company that collects data on an EU citizen must comply with the new rules. Stiff fines are the alternative.
Facial Recognition Use Growing: Accurate or Not, Hackable or Not
by Lee Rickwood
Leading facial recognition tools, used for identification, authentication and crime detection among other applications, are being developed here in Canada. So, too, ways to spoof or hack such systems.
Sports Scores, Stats and Big Data Analytics Bring Whole New Ballgame
by Lee Rickwood
There’s no final score in the match-up between sports purists and sabermetric stat heads, but one group may have all the results they could want.
Big data analysts.
Privacy Investigation Launched Into Rogers Yahoo Oath Email
by Lee Rickwood
Despite changes in the company’s terms of use, an investigation into the privacy policies at a leading email service provider in Canada will continue.
Canada’s 10th ‘Classroom of the Future Challenge’ Winners Announced
By Yasmin Ranade
Last week, MindShare Learning Technology, a catalyst in driving innovation in education and nurturing 21st century skills, announced the 10th ‘Classroom of the Future Challenge—Extreme Makeover’ national winners.
Google is Smart to Address Privacy Concerns in High-Tech Neighbourhood
by Lee Rickwood
A public talk about Google’s high-tech plans for a smart neighbourhood in Toronto will be held tonight, one in a series of planned consultations that organizers hope will address concerns and issues connected with a major techno-enabled urban revitalization proposal.
Facebook’s Data Privacy Scandal Extends to Canada: 600K Users, 10 Years and Counting
by Lee Rickwood
Extremely important privacy questions about Facebook’s data sharing being investigated now echo those raised in 2008.