The Orwellian hellscape described in the classic book Nineteen Eighty-Four is being put in place in Canada in the form of three pieces of legislation currently making their way through the House of Commons. There is far too little public attention being given to the federal government’s attempted power grab that will alter Canadians’ rights and freedom. The Carney government is … [Read more...] about Combination of legislative bills strips away Canadians’ rights
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Canada’s Children’s Privacy Code
The Privacy and Access Council of Canada (PACC) is pleased to have contributed to the Joint Submission to Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) in response to its Exploratory Consultation regarding the development of a Children’s Privacy Code. We welcome the OPC’s leadership in developing a children’s privacy code that extends online protections to all children … [Read more...] about Canada’s Children’s Privacy Code
Have Your Say on a New National Standard for Age Assurance
CAN/DGSI 127, Age Assurance Technologies is open for Public Review until February 21st, 2025. The standard specifies minimum requirements for age assurance technologies and methods to verify a person’s age or estimate their age range Any interested party may comment on the proposed National Standard of Canada for Age Assurance … [Read more...] about Have Your Say on a New National Standard for Age Assurance
PayPal Privacy
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Health Data User Conference
Statistics Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada will host the 2024 Health Data User Conference in Ottawa on November 14, 2024. This one-day, in-person event will bring together 150 health data users and health data providers to explore innovative, collaborative ways in which health data are being used to tackle Canada’s emerging health issues. … [Read more...] about Health Data User Conference
Privacy PSA
X/Twitter has activated a setting that is ON by default and allows it to use all of your data to train Grok. The change was not announced. You can disable it through a browser You canNOT disable it using the mobile app If you do not want your comments, posts, images, interactions and the results to be used to train this Artificial Intelligence engine, go to …More > Settings … [Read more...] about Privacy PSA