Canada Needs a New Privacy Policy
by Lee Rickwood
Canada’s Annual Privacy Report includes recommendations for legislative reform and other solutions to help Canadians better control how their personal information is collected and used.
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Privacy Gets a Workout from Wearable Devices, Health and Fitness Apps
by Lee Rickwood
New devices will evaluate your sweat with electric signals that measure and detect things like glucose, lactate, sodium and potassium levels, and the capabilities are but a short step away from tracking a user’s emotional as well as physical health.
Every Click You Make is a Risk-Reward Proposition – Now There’s an App to Tell You Which Click to Take
by Lee Rickwood
It’s like a new online game: the user with the best clicking strategy wins! They get the maximum possible privacy, while still getting the best utility from all sources.
Tablet, Laptop, Smartphone Inspections at U.S. Canada Border
by Lee Rickwood
Border officers have widespread powers to stop and search people, and examine their baggage and other possessions including devices such as laptops and smartphones.
Overdue Books, Late Fees and Online Privacy Threats at Your Local Library
by Lee Rickwood
The fact your local library – that old repository of the printed word on paper – is at the forefront of protecting your digital rights may surprise you.
Data Privacy, NAFTA Negotiations, and the Canadian Cloud
by Lee Rickwood
These days, both individual and institutional data needs to be available anywhere, anytime, and it needs to be safely and securely protected from any number of inappropriate or illegal actors.
How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi Networks
By Christine Persaud
According to Kaspersky Labs, 70% of tablet owners and 53% of mobile phone users have used a public Wi-Fi network. But they can be easily intercepted. You could go the extra mile to ensure safe usage by doing something like setting up a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to encrypt the traffic sent and received between your device and the VPN server. But not everyone has the tech-savvy to do such a thing.