Alberta’s government says it has a suite of legislation coming this fall to protect Albertans, their pocketbooks and their personal information. Speaking to reporters Friday, government house leader Joseph Schow said the province will soon table new bills to lower the cost of auto insurance and give Albertans new protection when it comes to their […]

Russia prides itself on its digital advances — from an extensive e-commerce services sector to ambitious plans for developing artificial intelligence. But now, some of the key data centers at the heart of its technical prowess have been knocked out by Ukrainian drone attacks in the 4 1/2-year-old full-scale invasion, suffering damage that could take […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics said it learned of a cyber breach of one of its systems this week, likely compromising some records for patients. In a Thursday regulatory filing, Quest Diagnostics reported “unauthorized access” to its Quanum Lab Services Manager, a platform where certain clients can place test orders and receive […]

Culture Minister Marc Miller says while he shares concerns about how long the government’s new digital regulator will take to set up, he’s unable to say exactly when that will happen. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Miller said the government is moving as quickly as possible on digital safety bill C-34, which includes […]

Toronto Crime Stoppers has temporarily stopped accepting tips after it said more than 175,000 of them were stolen by hackers earlier this year, alongside nearly 15,000 names. The pause comes after CBC reported that 1.5 million tips submitted to Canadian Crime Stoppers programs over the last 25 years were exposed in a massive data breach.  […]

An eight-foot fence in Nightingale can remain standing after Wheatland County’s Municipal Planning Commission approved a height variance on Oct. 13 with one member opposed. The decision allows a 95-foot section of an existing wooden fence to exceed the six-foot limit for side and rear yards in the Hamlet Residential General district. The fence had […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Waze on Thursday rejected Malaysia’s claims that it collects sensitive government information or allows any entity to exploit personal user data, after the government banned civil servants from using the navigation app, citing its Israeli connection. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s office in a statement Wednesday said the decision took into […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia on Wednesday banned civil servants from using the navigation application Waze, citing data security concerns due to its Israeli links. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s office said in a statement that the decision took into account the status of Waze Mobile Limited as a data controller incorporated in Israel and […]

Public school officials in Burnaby, B.C., say hackers may have obtained student and parental information in a recent cyberattack. The Burnaby School District says in an online notice that the ransomware attack it suffered on Sept. 21 affected school websites and portals, internal network services and phone lines. The notice says hackers copied and stole […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday announced a $25 million program to encourage the public to blow the whistle on suspected fraud in the U.S. government as they ramp up efforts to end the abuse of federal programs and dollars. The White House said that under the Fraud […]

Scam-related losses reported by North Carolina consumers topped $1 billion over five years, according to an analysis of Federal Trade Commission data provided to Enlace Latino NC by The Associated Press. The amount of money reported as lost increased every year from 2021 through 2025. It rose from about $95 million in 2021 to just […]

The battle over Chicago’s food delivery robots has reached the courts, with two customers accusing the companies behind them of collecting their biometric data without consent. The men filed separate class-action lawsuits in Cook County court Oct. 9 against Coco Robotics and Serve Robotics, alleging the companies violated a state privacy law. They claim the […]