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Ontario wants to change its FOI rules to keep some records secret. Here's what you need to know
Ontario wants to exempt the premier, cabinet ministers and parliamentary assistants from being subject to the province’s freedom-of-information (FOI) rules, a move that’s sparked outrage from experts, opposition parties, and the province’s privacy commissioner.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-ford-changing-foi-rules-9.7127884?cmp=rss

CBC Toronto 3d ago

C.4d ago

OTTAWA - The Privacy Commissioner of Canada today held a press conference regarding the digital attack on Telus Canada's networks and information systems. Telus recently announced that attackers had claimed to have exfiltrated nearly 1 petabyte of company data, including customer data, equivalent to approximately 250,000 DVD movies.

The Commissioner announced a full investigation will take place. He also indicated that Canadian consumers should not be excessively worried about the breach of their personally identifiable information (PII), as the attackers will still be obligated to follow the requirements of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Canada's data privacy law since passage in 2000.

#Canada #privacy #Telus #hack #hackers #intrusion #exfiltration #PIPEDA #PrivacyCommissioner #security #PII

Global News Canada 5d ago

What does Canada’s reversal of a TikTok operations ban mean for users?
While Canadians never lost access to the video-sharing app, the possibility has been on the table for years as concerns mounted surrounding TikTok.
#Canada #Consumer #News #PrivacyCommissioner
https://globalnews.ca/news/11725718/canada-tiktok-operations-ban-users/

joe•iuculano

Feb 3

Via the Office of the #PrivacyCommissioner of #Canada

Privacy Commissioner of Canada #PhilippeDufresne is expanding his current investigation into #XCorp., which operates the popular #SocialMedia platform #X, following reports that the #chatbot, #Grok, is being used to create explicit images of individuals without their consent.

The Privacy Commissioner has also launched a related investigation into #xAI, the #ArtificialIntelligence (#AI) company responsible for Grok.

https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/news-and-announcements/2026/nr-c_260115/

News release: Privacy Commissioner of Canada expands investigation into social media platform X following reports of AI-generated sexualized deepfake images - Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

N-gated Hacker News Sep 22

🚨 Ah, #Kmart, the retail tech pioneer, bravely tackling refund fraud by trying to turn into a discount version of Minority Report—until the Privacy Commissioner crashed the sale. 📸💰 Who knew that trading your face for a 5% discount could be considered "unlawful"? 🙄
https://www.oaic.gov.au/news/media-centre/18-kmarts-use-of-facial-recognition-to-tackle-refund-fraud-unlawful,-privacy-commissioner-finds #RefundFraud #RetailTech #PrivacyCommissioner #Discounts #MinorityReport #HackerNews #ngated

Kmart’s use of facial recognition to tackle refund fraud unlawful, Privacy Commissioner finds

The Privacy Commissioner has found that Kmart breached Australians’ privacy by collecting their personal and sensitive information through a facial recognition technology system.

OAIC

Freezenet Sep 2, 2025

Google Laughs Off Strongly Worded Letter From Privacy Commissioner

Canada's privacy laws continue to be a long running joke after Google laughs of the strongly worded letter from the privacy commissioner.

https://www.freezenet.ca/google-laughs-off-strongly-worded-letter-from-privacy-commissioner/

#Business #News #Privacy #Security #Canada #Google #PersonalInformation #PrivacyCommissioner #RightToBeForgotten

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Strypey Jul 16, 2025

This is what a privatised health system looks like folks.

The same people who can buy a McDonalds can buy a franchise to host your most personal data. Under terms that are legal only because the NZ Privacy Act is a leaky sieve, protecting only the most cut'n'dried lowest common denominator of privacy rights. Overseen by a toothless #PrivacyCommissioner, hamstrung by underfunding.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/513289/a-lack-of-consequences-for-managing-personal-information-poorly-privacy-commissioner

I won't be using Manage My Health. I suggest you think twice before you do.

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