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A federal watchdog is urging the RCMP to do a better job of assessing the privacy implications of commercial surveillance and monitoring services before using them.

A federal watchdog is urging the RCMP to do a better job of assessing the privacy implications of commercial surveillance and monitoring services before using them.

  Monday, 14 March 2016 The risk of Canadian citizens ending up stuck on American security lists has just increased for those who seek to cross the border from Canada into the United States, as President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have agreed to share personal biographic information on citizens. During Trudeau’s visit…

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The Trudeau government's proposed overhaul of the current private sector privacy law has to make it clear to businesses that privacy is a fundamental right they have to respect, a Parliamentary committee was told Tuesday. That was the essence of the testimony of former Canadian federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien. He told the Industry Committee

What’s on the agenda for the House and Senate committees today.

Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne's attempt to get parliamentary committee hearings on privacy and AI legislation off to a good start has backfired, with the opposition passing a committee motion Thursday demanding he produce proposed amendments next week. The House of Commons industry and technology committee was poised Thursday to hear testimony from federal Privacy Commissioner

Clearview AI can identify people using just a snapshot, but when I began digging into the company things took a strange turn...

Philippe Dufresne said in a report that the governments response to the pandemic "complied with relevant privacy laws," despite complaints.

Philippe Dufresne said in a report that the governments response to the pandemic "complied with relevant privacy laws," despite complaints.