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By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 4 Minutes Read August 3, 2021

All about data scraping

Recently, the topic of data scraping has been in the news. But what is it? How do people do it? Why would anyone want to do it? Are there any dangers associated with it? And what can be done to deal with it?

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Business, Information Technology, Privacy / antivirus, biometric data, cyber incident response plans, cybersecurity, dark web, Data breach, data scraping, email harvesting, facial recognition technology, hacker attacks, LinkedIn, password protection, privacy law, social media, two-factor authentication Leave a Comment

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 6 Minutes Read March 3, 2021

Joint investigation of Clearview AI

On February 3, 2021, the conclusions of a joint investigation conducted by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec (QC Commission), the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia (BC OIPC) and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta (AB OIPC), collectively referred to as the Offices, were released—finding that Clearview AI violated the privacy rights of Canadians.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Business, Information Technology, Privacy / biometric data, Clearview AI, consent, facial recognition technology, law enforcement, personal information, privacy, privacy law

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 5 Minutes Read November 2, 2020

Commissioners’ joint investigation on use of facial recognition technology

On October 29, 2020, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada announced the findings of a joint investigation by Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta, and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia that examined whether the Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited was collecting and using personal information of visitors to its Canadian malls without valid consent using Anonymous Video Analytics technology installed in wayfinding directories and mobile device geolocation tracking technologies.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Information Technology, Privacy / AB PIPA, BC PIPA, consent, employment law, facial recognition software, facial recognition technology, investigation, opt-in, Personal Information Protection Act, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, PIPEDA, privacy, privacy policy

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