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Canada's privacy watchdog calls for urgent action after nearly 45,000 tax account breaches reported since 2020Canada's privacy watchdog has called for urgent cybersecurity upgrades at the Canada Revenue Agency. Over 42,000 tax accounts were breached...
VPNs up, porn websites down as Australia brings in new online age-restrictionsAfter becoming the first country to impose a nationwide ban on teenagers using social media last December, Australia joined Britain, France...
Canada privacy watchdog expands probe into X, cites Grok deepfakesIn a statement, Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne also said he was launching a related investigation into xAI, the artific...
Canada takes a page out of Trump's immigration playbook; announces policies to tighten bordersCanada has introduced the Strong Borders Act, granting authorities greater control over borders, security, and immigration. The legislation...
Canada watchdog probing X's use of personal data in AI models' trainingThe Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada said in a statement on Thursday that it launched the probe after receiving a complaint. Th...
A world-first law in Europe is targeting AI. Other countries can learn from itGovernments globally have been taking steps to regulate the burgeoning field of AI, balancing its potential benefits with risks like privac...
EU raises data privacy concerns over proposed G20 MSME portalThe portal for which European Union has raised data privacy concerns has details of MSMEs of every G20 member including the sectors and pro...
Canada to launch probe into OpenAI over privacy concernsThe launch of chatbot sensation ChatGPT has fueled an AI race among tech giants such as Alphabet Inc and Meta, leaving governments in a tou...
OpenAI's ChatGPT back in Italy after meeting watchdog demandsMicrosoft Corp-backed OpenAI took ChatGPT offline in Italy last month after the country's data protection authority temporarily banned the ...
Canada opens investigation into AI firm behind ChatGPTThe investigation by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner into OpenAI was opened in response to a "complaint alleging the collection, use...
Canadian privacy regulators launch joint investigation into TikTokThe federal privacy regulator, as well as provincial counterparts in Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta, will examine whether TikTok's pr...
Ford administration refuses to disclose how long it fought to keep mandate letters secretThe Ontario government did not reveal the number of hours that lawyers worked on behalf of premier Doug Ford to protect the confidentiality...
Amnesty warns over 'sportswashing' at Beijing OlympicsThe organisation fears China will use the Games to distract from alleged human rights violations against Uyghur Muslims and in Hong Kong, a...
View: Govt's move to have a charter of taxpayers is welcome but it needs strong executionThe reform potential of the charter will remain totally unrealised if old attitudes continue.
Laws must comply with privacy principles: PanelThe ensuing uncertainty underscores the need for India to enact a privacy law in keeping with a trend in US, Europe, Canada and Australia.
- Facebook has addressed privacy concerns: Canada
Canada's privacy commissioner says Facebook has addressed concerns raised a year ago over third-party access to users' information.
- Google's private data grab means big legal trouble
Google said it did not know it was gathering the data, but US will question whether Google violated reasonable expectations of privacy. Goo...
- Ten nations call on Google to better defend privacy
Officials from 10 nations have banded together to demand that Internet giant Google make greater efforts to defend people's privacy.
Google tweaks Buzz social hub after privacy woesAs it introduced a new social hub, Google quickly learned that people's frequent e-mail contacts are not necessarily their best friends. Go...
- Facebook facing image problem over third-party ads
Facebook is facing a big image problem after it was revealed that third party advertisers were creating advertisements with users' profile ...