With the current trend in unemployment increasing at a rapid rate and no clear signs that the end to this recession is near, the risk and motivation for stealing confidential company information is rising. As reported by CNN, a recent survey conducted by Symantec corporation (...

I’m an avid reader of lifehacker.com and I recently read an excellent article on permanently deleting data and the tools to do so. Deleting data alone does not remove the information from your hard drive, it only removes the “pointer” to the information. To securely...

PIPEDA: Transferring Personal Information Across the Border? If you are not clear on what your company is required to do under PIPEDA with regards to the transfer of personal information across the border, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner Canada has released a set of guidelines...

PART 1 - Incident Management Providing and delivering IT services often presents those accountable and responsible for the delivery of those services with a myriad of issues and priorities. I’ve been involved in some very lengthy discussions and passionate debates on the topic...

Today is Data Privacy Day, designed to raise awareness and generate discussion about data privacy practices and rights, Data Privacy Day activities in the U.S.A, Canada, and 27 European countries have included privacy professionals, corporations, government officials, and representatives,...

Sick and tired of the telemarketer phone calls you receive at home while trying to enjoy a quiet dinner with your family? I sure was. So on December 17th 2008 I added my home phone number to Canada’s National Do Not Call Registry. After which telemarketers have 31 days to remove...