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August 16, 2023
By Dan Chapman
Privacy
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An Introduction to Privacy #3: Let the Fun Begin

You’ve all been incredibly patient, and here’s where it starts to pay off. We can leave that pure theory aside (well, as long as you remember it) and have some fun playing with the rules by practically applying them. The first thing we’ll look at, and have a tinker with, are those troubling terms in […]

August 15, 2023
By Dan Chapman
Privacy
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What Is Personal Data?

Everything Well, more or less. A touch flippant perhaps, probably not what you expected, and I’m pretty sure it wasn’t what you hoped for. There it is though, I respect you all too much to sugar coat it, I expect a fair few would call me out on it if I tried to. There’s a […]

August 13, 2023
By Dan Chapman
Privacy
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Introduction To Privacy #1

Editor’s Note: Sometimes we come across articles we wished we had written ourselves. This series from Dan Chapman looks very promising. We will do our best to post all modules as Dan publishes them. Enjoy! Module 1: Foundations Lesson: Thinking Styles and What is a Data Subject? Introduction Now Introductions are out of the way […]

Generative AI & The Magazine Industry: A Magazines Canada Panel Discussion

I have the honour of speaking as a panelist with Danielle Coffey, President & CEO, News/Media Alliance and Alan Hirsch, VP Sales and Marketing Contentware on Tuesday June 13 at 3PM EST. If you are interested you can register free of charge compliments of Magazine Canada. No doubt Generative AI will have a massive impact […]

New Business Obligations For Using Personal Data

Quebec passed Law 25 (known as Bill 64) in September 2021 bringing it into force over a stages. This September brings almost all of the new obligations into force, for all businesses who maintain a National data database. This does not mean you have to have a Quebec office for this tough new law to […]

What To Expect For Security And Privacy In 2023

We’re finally done with 2022. The pandemic is mostly behind us, the world’s economy is rebounding and the year ahead looks bright. But as we move into 2023, it’s helpful to get some idea what’s ahead, especially when it comes to data security and privacy, since they will control much of what happens over the […]

December 16, 2022
By Roland Hung
Bill 64, Privacy
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A Year in Review 2022 – Top Five Privacy Developments in Canada

It has been an eventful year for privacy law in Canada. In 2022, the Canadian privacy landscape saw significant changes, as stakeholders at all levels recognized the need to keep up with a data-driven world. This article summarizes the top five recent developments that businesses and stakeholders should be aware of. Bill C-27 Attempts to […]

Standardization landscape for privacy: Part 1 — The NIST Privacy Framework

Standards and frameworks provide real benefits for privacy management. Standards are established norms to be applied consistently across organizations, while frameworks are a set of basic guidelines to be adapted to an organization’s needs. Both can help to fulfill compliance obligations, build trust, benchmark against industry best practices, support strategic planning and evaluation, enable global […]

The Great Privacy Awakening

The consumer privacy awakening has begun. Slowly but surely, individuals are realizing that what they thought was privacy, is not actually what the data protection and privacy laws are out to protect. They are beginning to see the complex “surveillance system” that profiles them on a constant basis and trades openly to “sell them more […]

The marketer’s playbook for navigating today’s privacy environment

Growing user concerns about privacy have set in motion a series of changes that will reshape the digital advertising industry for years to come. Working as a digital marketer can seem a lot more complicated these days, especially with the added uncertainty that many are feeling due to COVID-19. But some marketers have managed to […]

Privacy

An Introduction to Privacy #3: Let the Fun Begin

What Is Personal Data?

Introduction To Privacy #1

Generative AI & The Magazine Industry: A Magazines Canada Panel Discussion

New Business Obligations For Using Personal Data

What To Expect For Security And Privacy In 2023

A Year in Review 2022 – Top Five Privacy Developments in Canada

Standardization landscape for privacy: Part 1 — The NIST Privacy Framework

The Great Privacy Awakening

The marketer’s playbook for navigating today’s privacy environment

An Overview of The EU AI Data Act

Rethinking Email List Building

An Introduction to Privacy #3: Let the Fun Begin