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Security breaches are costing Canadian companies more than their American counterparts, according to a joint Rotman - Telus study on Canadian IT Security practices. The 2007 annual losses associated with breaches per respondent was calculated at $423,469, compared to the the U.S....
Are you concerned about the personal information that google collects about you? If you are, then take a look at this interesting new Privacy Opt Out option from Google for the seriously paranoid amongst us.
Google Opt Out Feature Lets Users Protect Privacy By Moving To Remote...
On Wednesday July 29th 2009, we will be hosting a Privacy and Data Protection Seminar at the Toronto Board of Trade. Our special guest speaker will be Anita Fineberg, LL.B. who is a very dynamic speaker, course leader and trainer and has spoken at privacy conferences and workshops...
As a privacy and security professional, I am often asked what other companies are doing with regards to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc. Most recently, a mid-level manager at one of my business clients had mentioned that he would like to block facebook and wanted...
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 (...
On February 25, 2009 we will be conducting a lunch and learn seminar on PA DSS and PCI DSS Compliance. The goal of this session is to provide an opportunity for payment application vendors and processors to gain insight into the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS)...
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...
On February 11, 2009 we will be conducting a lunch and learn seminar on how to successfully implement an Information Security Management System (ISMS) with the intent of obtaining ISO27001 certification. In the context of a specific client case study, we will review critical success...
