Recently appointed as Acting Chairwoman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter offers thoughts about the need for strong legislation at the federal level, and the important of helping consumers wronged by organizational misconduct or violations of privacy laws. Read her remarks … [Read more...] about Protecting Consumer Privacy in a Time of Crisis
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The perils of privacy breaches by hospital employees
Canadian privacy laws contain a basic safeguarding principle: access to personal information may only be granted on a need-to-know basis. Snooping violates that principle. Several Ontario arbitrators have upheld a “zero tolerance” approach for #privacy breaches at hospitals, holding that summary dismissal is the appropriate remedy for deliberate breaches of … [Read more...] about The perils of privacy breaches by hospital employees
Calling out COVID scammers
The confusion surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic has been a boon to scammers — who are expert at getting people to doubt their own good instincts. Health officials have diligently explained how important it is to be able to know who has had contact with whom — to be able to trace and halt the spread of the virus in our communities. The important work to figure out that puzzle … [Read more...] about Calling out COVID scammers
Information-stealing scams are enough to make you sick
News about the number of people afflicted by COVID-19 has spawned an epidemic of campaigns using the outbreak as a lure to steal sensitive and personal information. Now that the World Health Organization has characterized COVID-19 as a global pandemic, scam artists are having a field day. Wondering where the latest cases are? Don’t click on the links in this map, which … [Read more...] about Information-stealing scams are enough to make you sick
International Student Data Compromised
WizCase has recently found an open Elasticsearch database from the Libyan Ministry of Education. The server, which is hosted in Germany, contained 2GB of data with PIIs, including full names, passport numbers, photos, email addresses, and more from more than 55,000 exchange students from around the world — including Canada. Details of the leak are available here. … [Read more...] about International Student Data Compromised
