Cyber spy agency found to have broken privacy laws
The Communications Security Establishment of Canada came under fire yesterday when it was revealed it broke privacy laws by sharing...
Ontario SC says ‘tower dump’ orders violate Charter Rights
Yesterday, Ontario Supreme Court Justice John Sproat ruled that the Peel Regional Police’s actions in 2014 compelling Rogers Communications and...
Hacker’s paradise
Last week Alexandra Sweny wrote about the MTLWiFi project [http://itincanadaonline.ca/index.php/mobility/1240-when-you-re-downtown], an initiative to provide free wireless Internet access across downtown...
Architects, wordsmiths, parrots, duckers and naysayers
I wrote about accountability more than a year ago. Recently, a colleague whispered to me that it is time to...
Digital guardian angels, learning cities, mobile data – trends that are changing government
Each year, IBM makes five bold predictions about technologies that "will change how we live, work and play" in the...
Uncharted territory for intelligence agencies
Intelligence agencies have had widespread and long-running programs to gather, analyze and share electronic data for defence and security purposes....
Balancing act: Privacy and the use of personal information
What concerns me is whether or not we’ve got the balance right between privacy and how the government is using...
Steps for securing social media
With the proliferation of social media, governments must ensure they’re taking the appropriate steps to secure their departmental accounts. Hacking,...
Canadian organizations lack awareness about data breaches
One of the consequences of the Information Age in which we find ourselves is that individuals and organizations are facing...
Huron Challenge: Post-Fukushima exercise proves all hazards response
In March of 2011, the east coast of Japan was rocked by a massive earthquake and tsunami that killed thousands...