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NRI Says Moving To India From Canada Taught Her How To Live: "Fuller, Warmer, More Human"
Despite occasionally missing structure or silence, she expressed gratitude for a lifestyle that has made her life "fuller" and "more human".
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Canada Bans Chinese App WeChat, Russia's Kaspersky On Government Phones
Canada on Monday banned popular Chinese messaging app WeChat and Russian platform Kaspersky from government smartphones and other mobile devices, citing privacy and security risks.
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Canada to Investigate Data Collection by ChatGPT Parent OpenAI Amid Privacy Concerns
Canadian privacy regulators are launching a joint investigation into ChatGPT-parent OpenAI's data collection and usage, becoming the latest major government to take a closer look at the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools.
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Why TikTok Is Being Banned on Government Phones in US, Canada, EU and Beyond
The United States is ratcheting up national security concerns about TikTok, mandating that all federal employees delete the Chinese-owned social media app from government-issued mobile phones. Other Western governments are pursuing similar bans, citing espionage fears. So how serious is the threat? And should TikTok users who don’t work for the g...
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TikTok Banned From Government Devices in Canada Over 'Unacceptable' Risk to Privacy, Security
Canada announced it was banning Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from government-issued devices on Monday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters that his government was looking carefully at how to ensure Canadians' online safety. "This may be a first step, it may be the only step we need to take," he said referring to the action against...
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Canada Fines Facebook Over Misleading Privacy Claims
As part of the settlement, Facebook has agreed not to make false or misleading representations about the disclosure of personal information, and pay the Competition Bureau's CAD 500,000 (roughly Rs. 2.71 crores) investigation costs.
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Canada Fines Facebook With Over $6 Million After Privacy Probe
Canada's competition watchdog said on Tuesday it had fined Facebook Inc C$9 million ($6.5 million) after an investigation found the social network made "misleading" claims about personal information of Canadians on Facebook and Messenger.
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Canada Panel Slams Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg For Hearing No-Show
A panel of politicians from Canada and several other nations criticized Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg for ignoring subpoenas Tuesday to appear at a hearing on protecting privacy and democracies online.
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Google Urged to Scrub Personal Details From Toronto Digital City
Cavoukian resigned as an adviser to Sidewalk Labs, a unit of Google parent Alphabet, last month in protest over privacy concerns.
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Canadian Charged With Running LeakedSource.com, Selling Stolen Info
The site, which was shut down in early 2017, had collected details from a string of major breaches and made them accessible and searchable for a fee.
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Man Fined $149 For 'Screaming' In Public Says He Was Singing
A Canadian man says he was issued a $149 ticket for "screaming in a public place." He says he was merely singing along to his favourite '90s dance track, in the privacy of his own car. Turns out, police officers did not like the sound of his music. Or his singing, to be precise.
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Internet Archive Wants to Backup Its Data in Canada Fearing Donald Trump's Administration
The San Francisco-based Internet Archive, which is a digital library that is home to billions of archived web pages, has announced that it plans to move its data to Canada.
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Canada, Australia Privacy Watchdogs Find Ashley Madison Lacked Security
The website for cheaters, Ashley Madison, that was hit by a massive hack that exposed millions last year has agreed to bolster its data security after Australian and Canadian investigations found it to be "insufficient or absent," officials said on Tuesday.
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Facebook Addresses Privacy Fears While Ramping Ad Targeting
Facebook on Thursday made it easier for people to understand and control how their information is used at the leading social network while expanding its quest to better target ads.
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Internet Privacy Service 'Tor' Warns Users it Was Attacked
Tor, the prominent system for protecting Internet privacy, said on Wednesday many of its users trying to reach hidden sites might have been identified by government-funded researchers.
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NRI Says Moving To India From Canada Taught Her How To Live: "Fuller, Warmer, More Human"
Despite occasionally missing structure or silence, she expressed gratitude for a lifestyle that has made her life "fuller" and "more human".
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Canada Bans Chinese App WeChat, Russia's Kaspersky On Government Phones
Canada on Monday banned popular Chinese messaging app WeChat and Russian platform Kaspersky from government smartphones and other mobile devices, citing privacy and security risks.
-
Canada to Investigate Data Collection by ChatGPT Parent OpenAI Amid Privacy Concerns
Canadian privacy regulators are launching a joint investigation into ChatGPT-parent OpenAI's data collection and usage, becoming the latest major government to take a closer look at the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools.
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Why TikTok Is Being Banned on Government Phones in US, Canada, EU and Beyond
The United States is ratcheting up national security concerns about TikTok, mandating that all federal employees delete the Chinese-owned social media app from government-issued mobile phones. Other Western governments are pursuing similar bans, citing espionage fears. So how serious is the threat? And should TikTok users who don’t work for the g...
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TikTok Banned From Government Devices in Canada Over 'Unacceptable' Risk to Privacy, Security
Canada announced it was banning Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from government-issued devices on Monday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters that his government was looking carefully at how to ensure Canadians' online safety. "This may be a first step, it may be the only step we need to take," he said referring to the action against...
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Canada Fines Facebook Over Misleading Privacy Claims
As part of the settlement, Facebook has agreed not to make false or misleading representations about the disclosure of personal information, and pay the Competition Bureau's CAD 500,000 (roughly Rs. 2.71 crores) investigation costs.
-
Canada Fines Facebook With Over $6 Million After Privacy Probe
Canada's competition watchdog said on Tuesday it had fined Facebook Inc C$9 million ($6.5 million) after an investigation found the social network made "misleading" claims about personal information of Canadians on Facebook and Messenger.
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Canada Panel Slams Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg For Hearing No-Show
A panel of politicians from Canada and several other nations criticized Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg for ignoring subpoenas Tuesday to appear at a hearing on protecting privacy and democracies online.
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Google Urged to Scrub Personal Details From Toronto Digital City
Cavoukian resigned as an adviser to Sidewalk Labs, a unit of Google parent Alphabet, last month in protest over privacy concerns.
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Canadian Charged With Running LeakedSource.com, Selling Stolen Info
The site, which was shut down in early 2017, had collected details from a string of major breaches and made them accessible and searchable for a fee.
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Man Fined $149 For 'Screaming' In Public Says He Was Singing
A Canadian man says he was issued a $149 ticket for "screaming in a public place." He says he was merely singing along to his favourite '90s dance track, in the privacy of his own car. Turns out, police officers did not like the sound of his music. Or his singing, to be precise.
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Internet Archive Wants to Backup Its Data in Canada Fearing Donald Trump's Administration
The San Francisco-based Internet Archive, which is a digital library that is home to billions of archived web pages, has announced that it plans to move its data to Canada.
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Canada, Australia Privacy Watchdogs Find Ashley Madison Lacked Security
The website for cheaters, Ashley Madison, that was hit by a massive hack that exposed millions last year has agreed to bolster its data security after Australian and Canadian investigations found it to be "insufficient or absent," officials said on Tuesday.
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Facebook Addresses Privacy Fears While Ramping Ad Targeting
Facebook on Thursday made it easier for people to understand and control how their information is used at the leading social network while expanding its quest to better target ads.
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Internet Privacy Service 'Tor' Warns Users it Was Attacked
Tor, the prominent system for protecting Internet privacy, said on Wednesday many of its users trying to reach hidden sites might have been identified by government-funded researchers.
