We are pleased to announce a unique opportunity to engage in a Twitter Q&A with the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia, Elizabeth Denham about the future of privacy. The Commissioner will answer your questions leading up to the Privacy & Access 20/20: The Future of Privacy conference November 12-13, 2015 in Vancouver, B.C. hosted by […]
What is the biggest issue in privacy facing Canadians today? The biggest privacy issue facing Canadians today is the mass collection and sharing of their data, without their knowledge. We are living in the digital information age, which has immense benefits for us. Information is readily available at our fingertips, and we can communicate with […]
Arguably the two most important rights in a liberal democracy are the right to privacy and the right to vote. When these two concepts are combined, the right to a secret ballot becomes the strongest underpinning of our democratic system. Certainly nobody in Canada would argue that the secret ballot should be compromised. But what […]
In 1965, futurist Alvin Toffler coined the term “future shock,” which he defined as the “the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future.” Fifty years later, future shock is a reality for a great many of us, thanks to our fast-paced digital society. Today massive privacy breaches make headlines on an […]
Data Protection for the Healthcare Industry 2014 was the year of mega breaches with over 1 billion records compromised (according the Breach Level Index). Healthcare was no exception and accounted for one quarter of all the breaches reported last year. Due to the highly sensitive information collected by healthcare providers, it is no surprise that […]
