British Columbia’s Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner says the City of Vancouver is required to refuse to disclose addresses of short-term rental operators because it would reveal where “they live their private lives.”  An adjudicator’s ruling this week is the latest decision in a years-long freedom of information dispute with housing advocate Rohana […]

Elections Alberta says the separatist group at the centre of a massive voter information breach may not have shared the full list of individuals who accessed its public database. The agency says it’s possible that thousands of people viewed the private information. The group, called the Centurion Project, created an app containing the names and […]

NDP public safety critic Jenny Kwan says Canadians deserve to know what information the RCMP is sharing under an agreement with China’s Ministry of Public Security. In an open letter, Kwan urged Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand to disclose the full text of the memorandum of understanding. Kwan said […]

The company that operates online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers to delete the data they pilfered in a cyberattack that created chaos for students, many of them in the middle of finals. Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, said in an online post that it “reached an agreement with the […]

The Town of Gananoque is warning vendors and applicants to remain cautious after reports of fraudulent emails targeting those connected to the Gananoque Farmers’ and Craft Market. Town officials said at least one vendor recently received a fake email falsely claiming they had been accepted into the market and requesting payment through an email address […]

A Liberal government bill that would make it easier for police and spies to navigate the online world is running into fierce opposition from major digital companies, civil liberties groups and law professors who say it would open the door to serious privacy infringements. The government says the bill — “An Act respecting lawful access” […]

Schools and universities across the country are recovering from an outage that knocked down Canvas, an online platform that manages exams, course notes, lecture videos and grades. The disruption tied to a cyberattack hit in the middle of finals period for many colleges, a high-stress time when students and instructors rely heavily on the platform. […]

Commuters across the GO Transit network will begin to see a visible shift in how safety is managed, as Metrolinx officially rolled out body-worn cameras for its frontline officers starting on April 20. The initiative introduces small, uniform-mounted devices for Customer Protection Officers, Revenue Protection Officers, and Station Safety Ambassadors. These cameras are designed to […]

Multiple post-secondary institutions across Canada say they’ve been impacted by a cyberattack targeting an education system used by thousands of schools globally. Technology company Instructure said it launched an investigation on April 29 after detecting “unauthorized activity” in Canvas, a learning platform for schools that manages student coursework, grades and other education materials. Information affected […]

A system that thousands of schools and universities use was offline Thursday during a cyberattack, creating chaos as students tried to study for finals and underscoring education’s dependence on technology. The hacking group named ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach at Canvas, said Luke Connolly, a threat analyst at the cybersecurity firm Emisoft. Instructure, the […]

Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney says reports that Alberta separatists are targeting and spreading his personal information has prompted him to alter his security but won’t stop him from speaking out. “I’m not someone to live in fear,” Kenney said Thursday in a phone interview from Ottawa. “In fact, it only encourages me to double […]

The federal privacy watchdog says there have been more than 42,000 breaches at the Canada Revenue Agency since 2020 as a result of people gaining unauthorized access to, or modifying, taxpayer information. In a special report tabled Thursday in Parliament, privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne pointed to gaps in the revenue agency’s prevention, monitoring, detection and […]