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CIRA finds 43% of organizations unaware of breach notification rules

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) says in a new report that 43 per cent of the 500 Canadian business and organizations it surveyed were unaware that Canada’s privacy laws require them to report data breaches.

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CNOC challenging Telus appeal in speed cap case

The Canadian Network Operators Consortium has filed its arguments in Federal Court against Telus Corp.’s appeal of a CRTC decision that would temporarily suspend a speed cap affecting wholesale-based service providers.

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Two arrested in Bell data breach affecting 97k

The RCMP Tuesday announced the arrest and charge of two people in connection with a 2018 data breach exposing 97 thousand BCE Inc. customers. 

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Political parties’ use of Facebook Pixel violates CASL, CDR says

The Centre for Digital Rights, the non-profit founded by former BlackBerry Ltd. co-CEO Jim Balsillie, is asking the CRTC to agree that political parties engage in what is effectively commercial activity, and that a piece of Facebook Inc. software used by the three main political parties is effectively malware and violates Canada’s anti-spam legislation, known as CASL. 

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Scheer refuses to specify if he’ll take action on wireless prices

GATINEAU — Conservative leader Andrew Scheer refused to say whether he has any intent to tackle telecom affordability in the ongoing federal election campaign, following the English-language debate Monday evening.

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No telecom, affordability talk in English debate

GATINEAU — Federal party leaders faced off in the only English-language debate to feature all six leaders, and despite a dedicated section on affordability and various party promises to lower wireless bills, telecom and wireless prices didn’t come up.

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Telus goes to SCC over early cancellation fees

Telus Corp. is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to review a decision by the Quebec Court of Appeal that determined the early cancellation fees it charged its customers years ago were “abusive.”

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With telecom affordability, political parties wade into fierce debate

As politicians take aim at telecom affordability in this fall’s election campaign, they join a perennial dispute in which industry has taken issue with various reports showing high Canadian prices — and which played a part in why one telecom research firm is, for now, quietly phasing Canada out of its study. 

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French music group suing CRTC over 2012 funding decision

In 2012, the CRTC released a broadcasting decision that required Sirius XM Holdings Inc. to allocate, as a condition of licence, 20 per cent of some of its revenues to an English-language music fund and 10 per cent to its French-language counterpart. 

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Corus asks CRTC to defer CanCon obligations, citing volatility

Corus Entertainment Inc. is asking the CRTC if the broadcaster can spend less on the development and acquisition of Canadian content in the upcoming fiscal year, and make up the shortfall later on in its licence term.

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