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privacy by design

By Occasional Contributors | 4 Minutes Read April 18, 2016

Insights from the I Spy conference on big data and privacy

On Friday February 5, 2016, we attended the I Spy: Opportunities and Challenges Surrounding Privacy and Big Data conference organized by the Osgoode JD/MBA Students’ Association. Speakers from industry, government and private practice explored the challenge organizations face in maximizing insights from big data while maintaining a respect for individual privacy.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Privacy / big data, collecting and selling data, identifying risks, individual privacy, notice and consent, preventative measures, privacy breaches, privacy by design, privacy risks, risk of data breaches

By Adam Gorley | 3 Minutes Read May 20, 2014

If personal information is like oil, what happens when the supply runs low and how do we keep it flowing?

Personal information greases the wheels of many of the services we take for granted today, to the point that some even call it "the new oil."

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Information Technology, Privacy / accountable pseudonyms, big data, big privacy, data anonymization, data portability, data-by-reference, identity portability, legal compliance, new oil, personal cloud, personal cloud networks, Personal Data Ecosystem, personal information, privacy, privacy by design, privacy infringement, semantic data interchange, trust frameworks

By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read September 6, 2011

Need to know: privacy commissioner's report on pressing online privacy issues

In 2010, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada conducted consultations on current privacy issues, including online tracking, profiling, targeting and cloud computing. The office released its report on the consultations earlier this year, and it's available online.

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Privacy / cloud computing, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, oipc, online targeting, online tracking, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, PIPEDA, privacy by design, Privacy Commissioner, profiling, social media, social networking

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