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By Occasional Contributors | 3 Minutes Read March 26, 2014

New anti-spam legislation could bolster Canadian privacy commissioner’s call for greater PIPEDA enforcement powers

Canada’s new anti-spam legislation comes into effect later this year, and it packs a punch—fines of up to $10 million per violation for companies and up to $1 million per violation for individuals. The government was clearly prepared to give regulators substantial teeth to both encourage compliance and punish non-compliance.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Not for Profit, Privacy / administrative monetary penalties, anti-spam enforcement powers, anti-spam legislation, commercial emails, Data Protection Act, enforcement powers, Financial incentives, investigative powers, malware, mandatory breach disclosure, ony’s Playstation Network, passwords were not secure, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, pharming, phishing, PIPEDA, privacy breaches, privacy risks, private sector privacy legislation, processing of personal data, protecting personal information in the age of Big Data, spyware, technical developments

By Adam Gorley | 3 Minutes Read March 6, 2013

The new fraud: where is it coming from and what does it mean?

Businesses can be the target of fraud in numerous ways and from numerous sources. Anyone who does business with an organization is an obvious risk—suppliers, clients, employees, executives—the high profile fraud cases of recent years have mainly been internal. But increasingly, fraudsters have no connection to the organizations they target. They may be after credit card numbers, personal information, cash or goods, and they’re using methods beyond the understanding of the average businessperson. Organizations that do a significant amount of business online must be particularly careful.

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Finance and Accounting, Not for Profit, Privacy / advance fee scam, click fraud, counterfeit goods, credit card fraud, employee fraud, fraud, identity theft, intellectual property theft, Mobile apps, mobile fraud, page-jacking, passwords, personal information, pharming, phishing, public relations damage, SEO, SEO fraud, social media

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