The privacy protection authorities for Canada, Québec, British Columbia and Alberta announced today that they will jointly investigate the short-form video streaming application TikTok. The investigation will be undertaken by: The joint investigation was initiated in the wake of now settled, class action lawsuits in the United States and Canada, as well as numerous media … [Read more...] about Commissioners launch joint investigation into TikTok
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Privacy and Protection: A children’s rights approach to encryption
Canada, the UK and EU are among the countries looking at legislative measures control the availability of and access to online content in order o to protect children against child sexual abuse. A new report — Privacy and Protection: A children’s rights approach to encryption — from the Child Rights International Network (CRIN) and Defend Digital Me (DDM) shows how encryption … [Read more...] about Privacy and Protection: A children’s rights approach to encryption
Children’s right to privacy needs to be strengthened in law and beyond
by Michelle Gordon At the height of the pandemic last year, I wrote an article arguing that Canada’s federal privacy law needed to be strengthened for children, especially given their all-time highs in online activity and the increased digital tracking of kids. At that time, the pending Bill C-11 did not directly address children’s privacy rights, representing a missed … [Read more...] about Children’s right to privacy needs to be strengthened in law and beyond
Suing Meta in Kenya
Africa has been a continent exploited since the European scramble carved it out in lines of a draughtsman’s crude design. Its resources have been pilfered; its peoples enslaved for reasons of trade and profit; its political conditions manipulated to favour predatory companies. A similar pattern is detectable in the digital world. The slavers have replaced their human product … [Read more...] about Suing Meta in Kenya
Statement from the Privacy & Access Council of Canada following the release of the ETHI Committee’s report of Device Investigative Tools Used by the RCMP
In the months since the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics undertook a study of “on-device investigative tools” used by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the use of spyware by police and governments has garnered significant interest internationally. The report that details the Committee’s observations relating to the RCMP’s use of on‑device … [Read more...] about Statement from the Privacy & Access Council of Canada following the release of the ETHI Committee’s report of Device Investigative Tools Used by the RCMP
The privacy officer: Every organization needs one now in Québec
As of September 22, 2022, some 220,000 businesses operating in the province of Québec must have a privacy officer. There are no exceptions. The person with the highest authority within the organization automatically assumes this responsibility unless it is delegated to somebody else. However, there is still time to find the person best suited to this new role. Most companies … [Read more...] about The privacy officer: Every organization needs one now in Québec
