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Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. WhatsApp users will soon get the option of going by usernames instead of phone numbers, the …
Read More »Including personal health numbers on driver’s licences raises risk of fraud, privacy commissioner says
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Alberta’s privacy commissioner says putting personal health numbers (PHN) and citizenship markers on driver’s licences pose …
Read More »Report on OpenAI expected from federal, provincial privacy watchdogs
By Jim Bronskill and Anja Karadeglija The Canadian Press Posted May 6, 2026 9:46 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Privacy watchdogs plan to release a report Wednesday on OpenAI, the company behind the popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot ChatGPT. Federal privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne …
Read More »Results of privacy investigation into OpenAI’s ChatGPT coming today
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The results of an investigation into whether OpenAI’s ChatGPT adheres to Canada’s privacy laws will be …
Read More »Privacy watchdog says Kelowna’s new security camera network must be monitored
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Police in Kelowna are creating a registry of surveillance cameras owned by businesses across the city, …
Read More »Privacy commissioner expands probe into X after backlash over Grok’s sexual deepfakes
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Canada’s privacy commissioner is expanding his investigation into Elon Musk’s X Corp. following multiple reports that …
Read More »Google ordered to pay $425 million US for privacy violations in class-action case
A U.S. federal jury determined on Wednesday that Alphabet’s Google must pay $425 million US for invading users’ privacy by continuing to collect data for millions of users who had switched off a tracking feature in their Google account. The verdict comes after a trial in the Federal Court in …
Read More »She only learned her privacy had been breached by filing an access to information request
A woman in Nova Scotia says people should not assume their health records are safe from snooping, something she discovered for herself only after filing an access to information request. Patricia Celan said she decided last June to file a request to determine whether anyone had accessed her records after seeing news …
Read More »B.C. ministry ordered to hand over records in alleged domestic violence privacy breach
WARNING: This story contains details of sexual abuse and intimate partner violence. British Columbia’s privacy watchdog has sided with a woman suing the provincial government and its victim assistance program over an alleged breach of her sensitive files. The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) has ordered B.C.’s Ministry of …
Read More »Federal privacy watchdog heads to court over Pornhub operator’s consent practices
Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne is seeking a Federal Court order directing the operator of the Pornhub website to comply with Canadian privacy law. Dufresne’s application comes a year after he concluded Aylo, the Montreal-based firm behind Pornhub and other pornographic sites, broke the law by allowing intimate images to be …
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