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Wireless data essential tool for study of urban recovery from pandemic
telecom | 06/07/2024 9:28 pm EDT
Social scientists are depending on wireless data to drive their research. A study at the University of Toronto’s School of Cities uses such information as the cornerstone of...
Updated: Quebecor scales back Manitoba expansion after CRTC access rate decision
Internet and Governance | 04/22/2024 6:16 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. announced that it is suspending the launch of its "data-rich" mobile plans in Manitoba after the CRTC decided it must agree to Telus Corp.’s mobile virtual...
Loblaws releases No Name mobile plans across Canada
Internet and Governance | 04/15/2024 3:41 pm EDT
Grocery giant Loblaw Companies Ltd. is entering the mobile data market with the launch of its No Name...
Wireless networks withstand effects of solar eclipse
telecom | 04/09/2024 6:26 pm EDT
Canada’s four major wireless carriers experienced major upticks in usage during Monday’s solar...
Dufresne pledges to continue Therrien’s work as Privacy Commissioner
Internet and Governance | 06/13/2022 3:54 pm EDT
Incoming Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne vowed to stay the course,...
Ethics committee seeks changes to privacy laws, opting out of data collection
Internet and Governance | 05/03/2022 5:34 pm EDT
The House of Commons’ Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and...
Privacy Commissioner advocates update of Privacy Act before Ethics committee
Media | 02/07/2022 4:43 pm EST
Canada’s Privacy Act needs to be updated, Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien told the House of Commons Ethics Committee Monday, repeating a longstanding call the Privacy...
Duclos and Tam face Ethics committee over data collection, RFP extended again
telecom | 02/03/2022 7:42 pm EST
Data being collected by private companies on behalf of the Public Health...
Andy Ramsey named interim CFO of TeraGo
telecom | 09/20/2021 5:37 pm EDT
The data services company TeraGo Inc. announced Monday that it has appointed Andy Ramsey, the company's...
TeraGo looking for CFO
telecom | 09/17/2021 5:10 pm EDT
The data services company TeraGo Inc. has announced it is looking for a new chief financial officer as its current CFO David Charron is stepping down "to pursue other...
Scheer promises new privacy committees, rules for data collection and AI
telecom | 09/06/2019 4:29 pm EDT
The Conservative Party is promising new rules for electronic data collection and technologies like the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence if it wins in this fall’s federal election....
Telecom prices down, household spending up: CRTC
telecom | 08/09/2019 3:30 pm EDT
Prices for communications services are on a downward trend, according to new data from the CRTC, but spending on those goods are also on the rise. Those services are made up of mobile wireless (with unlimited voice and SMS...
Freedom plans could drive big three back to subsidies: analysts
telecom | 07/26/2019 5:33 pm EDT
The launch of new plans from Shaw Communications Inc.’s Freedom will...
‘Unlimited’ plans could negatively impact industry: analyst
telecom | 06/27/2019 11:33 am EDT
Rogers Communications Inc.’s decision to introduce "no overage" plans will likely negatively impact all wireless carriers, Scotiabank’s Jeff Fan said in a new report. “In this dynamically...
Privacy group wants to help OPC form future guidelines
telecom | 06/10/2019 2:34 pm EDT
A new group made up of businesses and industry associations wants to help...
Data anonymization network launches amid privacy concerns
telecom | 05/31/2019 6:24 pm EDT
A consortium of data stewards launched an informal network last week that looks to promote the anonymization of personal information in Canada in the wake of data privacy concerns sweeping the globe. Co-founded by AccessPrivacy, Privacy Analytics Inc., Symcor Inc. and Telus Corp. -- with members including Rogers Communications Inc. and BCE Inc. -- the Canadian Anonymization Network (CANON) wants to help set standards under which Canadian companies manage data, ideally allowing them to keep collecting data on customers without breaching anyone’s privacy. CANON is looking to create,...
OPC will file suit against Facebook before election: Commish
telecom | 05/08/2019 1:27 pm EDT
OTTAWA — The Office of the Privacy Commissioner plans to file in Federal...
Accessibility groups ask BTLR for legislative changes, new advisory office
Media | 03/07/2019 4:31 pm EST
Canada’s broadcasting and telecommunications legislation should be...
Be ‘wary’ of regulating online speech: Facebook
Media | 01/22/2019 5:57 pm EST
While online misinformation needs to be taken seriously, that doesn’t...
Foreign Affairs says ‘too many’ employees falling for phishing attempts
Media | 11/19/2018 12:49 pm EST
The department of Foreign Affairs is looking for bidders to build a “phishing simulation initiative” to prepare its employees to better deal with such attempts. “Due to the increasingly...
Google Canada on the defense over Google+, Sidewalk Labs
Media | 10/23/2018 5:57 pm EDT
Colin McKay, head of public policy and government relations for Alphabet Inc.’s Google Canada, faced critical questions about his parent company’s activities from MPs of all political stripes on Tuesday.
McKay was appearing at the House ethics committee, as part of...
Canadian privacy watchdogs urge privacy laws for political parties
Media | 09/17/2018 2:01 pm EDT
Canada's federal, provincial and territorial privacy watchdogs collectively...
Five Eyes sends warning on access to encrypted data
Media | 09/05/2018 9:21 pm EDT
Canada and its Five Eyes counterparts have issued a warning to communications and technology companies that if governments continue to face difficult hurdles to lawful access to data created by encryption without private sector...
Industry takes issue with report showing high revenues on low data use
telecom | 07/13/2018 3:39 pm EDT
Canadian operators drive the highest revenues per wireless gigabyte in the...
Private member’s bill aims to give privacy commish more powers
telecom | 06/21/2018 2:11 pm EDT
OTTAWA — As the House of Commons rose for summer break Wednesday...
Gov’t launches consultation on data, privacy
telecom | 06/19/2018 6:56 pm EDT
OTTAWA — The federal government said Tuesday it will hold consultations to look at the issue of data...
Ethics committee wants political parties to come under privacy legislation
Media | 06/19/2018 1:20 pm EDT
Following nine public meetings that began in March, the House committee...
MPs critical about Facebook contact ahead of committee appearance
Media | 04/18/2018 1:39 pm EDT
Facebook Inc.’s attempt to reach out to members of the Parliamentary...
PIAC asks CRTC to mandate occasional-use wireless plans
telecom | 04/16/2018 5:17 pm EDT
The CRTC should ensure telecoms offer plans for consumers who only need wireless service on an occasional basis, according to the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC). The consumer group filed a...
Data breach notification rules coming Nov. 1
Media | 04/04/2018 1:41 pm EDT
The federal government has announced that mandatory breach notification rules found in the 2015 Digital Privacy Act will come into force Nov. 1 this year, according to an order-in-council dated March 26. As originally reported by iPolitics, the government issued an order-in-council stating sections of the bill related to breach notifications and the creation of an annual report on the topic by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) will be enforced after the start of November. The new rules stipulate that organizations that suffer a breach of users’ personal...
Negative views of Facebook up after data scandal: Angus Reid
Media | 03/26/2018 5:10 pm EDT
Over the last month, the number of people who hold an unfavourable public...
No slow-down for increases in data usage: telecoms
telecom | 03/23/2018 5:18 pm EDT
Executives from Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. don’t see demand for wireless data slowing down, they told an investors conference earlier this week. “We’re still seeing significant data growth in the wireless...
OPC says it’s ‘at a loss’ over exclusion from CSE oversight
Media | 03/08/2018 3:41 pm EST
The privacy commissioner is calling for his office to be included in Bill...
House ethics committee backs right to be forgotten in Canada
Media | 03/01/2018 5:23 pm EST
The government should consider including frameworks for a right to erasure...
Competition Bureau consulting on big data
telecom | 09/18/2017 3:48 pm EDT
The Competition Bureau is inviting comments on a white paper on big data. “Recent global developments in technology have allowed firms to harness data in ways that drive innovation and quality improvements across a range of industries. At the same time, the use of big data by firms may raise challenges related to competition law enforcement,” the bureau said in a Monday release. The paper outlines a number of potential issues, including big data and monopolistic practices and big data and deceptive marketing practices. Comments are due Nov. 17....
VR data consumption to skyrocket: Juniper
Media | 08/25/2017 3:23 pm EDT
Global wireless data consumption through virtual reality (VR) content will grow ten-fold over the next...
Cultural protection a NAFTA priority: Freeland
Media | 08/14/2017 5:00 pm EDT
Canada’s continued preservation of the provisions in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)...
U.S. calling for better access to Canadian telecom market in new NAFTA
telecom | 07/18/2017 4:25 pm EDT
The United States is calling for its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners to limit restrictions and make it easier for its companies to compete in their telecommunications markets....