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TikTok partnerships plentiful in Canada amid bans, foreign interference accusations

TORONTO — In the halls of Parliament, TikTok is banned from civil servants’ phones as the government grapples with allegations of foreign interference. But on Canada’s red carpets and in sports arenas, the popular social media platform is still welcome. The video-sharing app has served as the official voting platform for the Juno Awards’ fan […]

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Carmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little or no control over data collected

BOSTON (AP) — Most major car manufacturers admit they may be selling your personal information — though they are vague on the buyers, a new study finds, and half say they would share it with the government or law enforcement without a court order. The proliferation of sensors in automobiles — from telematics to fully […]

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Democrats accuse tax prep firms of undermining new IRS effort on electronic free file tax returns

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are accusing big tax preparation firms including Intuit and H&R Block of undermining the federal government’s upcoming electronic free file tax return system and are demanding lobbying, hiring and revenue data to determine what’s going on. The lawmakers accuse the companies of lobbying against the new program, hiring former government […]

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N.B. education minister doubles down on changes to gender policy

New Brunswick’s education minister has announced small changes to the school gender policy that’s created a storm of controversy. Bill Hogan told reporters outside a rural school in Keswick Ridge on Wednesday that his Progressive Conservative government was making tweaks to Policy 713, which addresses gender identity, less than two weeks before school starts. Those […]

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Prevent illegal mass data extraction, privacy authorities tell social media firms

OTTAWA — The federal privacy watchdog and some of his global counterparts are urging the largest social media companies to prevent bulk extraction of personal details from their websites. In a joint statement, privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne and data protection authorities from Australia, Britain and other countries say the practice, known as data scraping, poses […]

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The Canadian government’s poor track record on public consultations undermines its ability to regulate new technologies

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. Over the last five years, Canada’s federal government has announced a litany of much-needed plans to regulate big tech, on issues ranging from social media harms, […]

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LCBO warns subscribers to its promotional emails of data breach

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario is warning subscribers to its promotional emails that their personal information may have been accessed by an “unauthorized party.” The Crown corporation says LCBO subscriber data including names and email addresses, dates of birth, postal codes and Aeroplan numbers may have been impacted. The LCBO says the corporation was […]

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Cyberattack on government service provider exposes records of 1.4 million Albertans

EDMONTON — An Alberta government service provider says the records of more than 1.4 million residents were the target of a cyberattack last month. Alberta Dental Service Corporation says in a news release that a third party gained unauthorized access to part of its information technology infrastructure. It says that third party was able to […]

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Worldcoin scans eyeballs and offers crypto. What to know about the project from OpenAI’s CEO

NEW YORK (AP) — Weeks after its international launch, Worldcoin is drawing the attention of privacy regulators around the world, with the Kenya’s government going so far as to shut down the service indefinitely. The international ID startup, backed by big names in Silicon Valley, is now having to defend itself in investigations over whether […]

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A global law firm separates from its Chinese partner, citing cybersecurity and data rules

BEIJING (AP) — One of the world’s biggest law firms said Thursday it is separating from the Chinese firm that was part of its global network for eight years, citing changes in cybersecurity and other rules that have rattled foreign companies. The decision by Dentons follows warnings by business groups that global companies are postponing […]

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India passes data protection legislation in Parliament. Critics fear privacy violation

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian lawmakers Wednesday approved a data protection legislation that “seeks to better regulate big tech firms and penalize companies for data breaches” as several groups expressed concern over citizens’ privacy rights. The legislation will limit cross-border transfer of data and provide a framework for setting up a data protection authority to […]

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Hackers may have access to information on millions of British voters, election commission says

LONDON (AP) — Hackers may have information on tens of millions of British voters after they got access to electoral registers, the U.K.’s election watchdog said Tuesday — nearly a year after the breach was discovered. The Electoral Commission apologized for the breach but said much of the information was already in the public domain […]

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