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Canadian privacy regulators publish details of medical testing company’s data breach A 2020 report detailing the hack of a Canadian medical testing company was released Monday after a court ruled it could be made public, ending a four-year battle during which the company sought to kee...

LifeLabs performs more than 100 million tests each year and maintains a patient portal through which more than 2.5 million individuals obtain results annually, according to report released by the regulators. #databreach therecord.media/canadian-pri...

Canada’s privacy laws limit cross-border sex trafficking probes: U.S. envoy - National | Globalnews.ca Ambassador David Cohen says progress has been made on strengthening Canada-U.S. border security, but sex trafficking remains a 'significant issue.'

Canadian law states information in the registry is only available to police for limited investigative purposes. By contrast, U.S. sex offender data from across the country is openly accessible to the public and is easily shared between police forces. #privacy globalnews.ca/news/1090614...

Facial recognition to board a plane: How does it work, and what are the privacy concerns? Air Canada has launched facial recognition technology at the gate for people flying out of Vancouver International Airport - with the promise of a faster boarding process with fewer hassles.

Air Canada says a customer’s digital lá profile is encrypted and only stored on their device. It is then deleted within 36 hours. The technology is already being used by a number of U.S. airlines and overseas. #biometrics
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California, Colorado and Chile have passed laws protecting neural privacy.

🇨🇦 The federal Office of the Privacy Commissioner says it considers neural data to be a type of biometric information, which means its protected under PIPEDA. #privacy

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If passed, Bill 33, the Protection of Privacy Act, would keep pace with technology, such as social media and artificial intelligence, as well as increase the penalties individuals and organizations would pay for breaches.
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