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As of today November 1st, privacy breach notification will be mandatory at the Federal level in Canada through amendments done to PIPEDA. From now on, the Year of the Breach This year has been called “the year of the breach”, but so was 2017 and before that, 2016. This could be called the global warming of the privacy world. And with regulators becoming more strict about companies’ transparency practices, data privacy breach notifications will also become more prevalent. What does this all mean to organizations and most importantly, to individuals that share their personal data with organizations? Breach notification impacts First of all, […]

2017 is over and it was certainly a year where data breaches were front and center for organizations and the public in general. There is a renewed interest around what personal data protection should entail, and in multiple cases, organizations are not there yet. This interest stems from a clear concern from consumers about how their data is being managed and protected. It has also become a top priority for regulators, as we can attest from the implementation of GDPR in Europe. Therefore, what can we expect in 2018? In my opinion, more of the same… but on steroids. Cybersecurity, […]