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PACC Endorses Joint Letter on UK Government’s Use of the Investigatory Powers Act to attack End-to-End Encryption

The Privacy and Access Council of Canada and more than 100 companies, cybersecurity experts, civil society organizations have submitted a letter to British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper calling on the UK Home Office to rescind its demand that Apple create a backdoor into its end-to-end encrypted services. The UK demand is the latest effort by democratic governments around the … [Read more...] about PACC Endorses Joint Letter on UK Government’s Use of the Investigatory Powers Act to attack End-to-End Encryption

Global Encryption Under Threat

Security officials in the United Kingdom have demanded that Apple create a back door allowing them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud, people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post. The British government’s undisclosed order, issued last month, requires blanket capability to view fully encrypted material, not merely … [Read more...] about Global Encryption Under Threat

LinkedIn now learns from your data

LinkedIn has automatically set “Use my data for training content creation AI models” to “ON” so that its AI can use everyone's content to train their AI tool. It’s unclear when that feature was invoked, and LinkedIn’s billion users might wonder why they’re surprised to learn about it.  Many apps and platforms change terms without fanfare, and sometimes as part of an … [Read more...] about LinkedIn now learns from your data

Privacy preserving legislation to replace Bill C-63

MP Michelle Rempel Garner announced, on behalf of the Conservative Party of Canada, that she will be tabling a comprehensive Bill designed to protect Canadians online while preserving their civil liberties. The new bill, to be introduced when Parliament opens next week, will serve as an alternative to Liberal Bill C-63, the “Online Harms Act”. (Click HERE to view press … [Read more...] about Privacy preserving legislation to replace Bill C-63

Employees as Risks

A new report from public-interest researcher Wolfie Christl explores today's cybersecurity, insider threat detection and compliance tech that let employers monitor everything employees do or say, rank them by risk and identify 'anomalous' behavior. The 76-page report — "Employees as Risks" — which focuses on software from Forcepoint/Everfox and Microsoft, is a case study on … [Read more...] about Employees as Risks