Face the Music: Facial Recognition Plans Dropped by Concert Promoters, Music Venues
Companies planning to use facial recognition technology have had to face the music after protests from musicians and fans alike.
by Lee Rickwood
Tag: data protection
Ambient Privacy is Needed in the Digital Age
A new global privacy initiative, sponsored by Canada’s federal privacy commissioner, calls on governments, businesses, legislators and users to embrace and protect privacy as an important right with social value in and of itself. Daniel Therrien is one of some…
Increased Speeds, Decreased Latency: Are 5G Benefits Speeding to Canada?
by Lee Rickwood
Political machinations. Technical challenges. Regulatory hurdles. Spectrum and bandwidth availability. Data privacy concerns. Health and safety issues. All and more may conspire to slow down 5G rollout in Canada.
Public Consultations on Digital and Data Strategy Underway in Ontario
A new round of public consultations about our province’s digital and data strategy opens up this week, following the release of a third discussion paper about living and working in our data-driven society. The public can learn about key digital…
Toronto Councillors Vote for Digital Rights and Literacy Program
Toronto Council has instructed city staff and managers to make arrangements for the city to sign on to the declaration of Cities Coalition for Digital Rights.
Google Offers Parents Support to Address Safe Internet Use
By Yasmin Ranade
Almost all of Canadian youth aged 15 – 24 access the Internet daily, and the majority of school-aged children use social media. How can parents educate their children – especially tweens and younger – on the dangers of Internet use?
Back to School Tools from Privacy Commissioners: More than Fun and Games
Here’s some good back to school advice for students and young people: protecting data is more than fun and games. To push home the point, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, along with his provincial and territorial counterparts, has released a…
Paper chaos gets organized with Fujitsu ScanSnap
By Ted Kritsonis
Organizing a paper trail is one thing, but when an office is filled with paper, Linda Chu helps others put that chaos in order with a fast document scanner.