Next IPSI - U of Toronto lecture next Tuesday March 13 @ UC 140 from 2 - 3:15pm. Professor Ali Miri (Director of Privacy and Big Data Institute) will be presenting research on encryption and a framework for privacy-protected copyright detection. More info: bit.ly/2oUQjWc

Reminder, the lecture series continues tomorrow (March 13) - see you there! x.com/IPSIns/status/…

No! Personal data belongs to the individual to whom it relates, which is why it should be under their control. That’s why consent features so prominently in privacy: it’s not about ownership; it’s all about personal control. x.com/noraniloideain…

Every year, thousands of people are victims of identity theft. Here are some tips for guarding against it. priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-top…

What is corporate surveillance? Watch our short video (3m05s) explaining the risks of data exploitation and we need to do about it: privacyinternational.org/video/1626/vid…

Next IPSI - U of Toronto lecture Tuesday March 20 @ UC 140 from 2 - 3:15pm. Professor Uyen Nguyen will be presenting research on malware threats and countermeasures for online social networks. More info: bit.ly/2HGvm91 ... all welcome!

And Cambridge Analytica is not the only company that mines "psychographic data." This from the Environics website about its PRIZM5 segmentation system. Environics data has been used by Canadian parties

Next week! 1000 amazing women in cybersecurity will descend upon Hilton Chicago courtesy of Tennessee Tech and the Illinois Institute of Technology, our #WiCyS2018 Conference organizing hosts!! #womenincybersecurity #womenininfosec #womeninprivacy

Reminder! Happening tomorrow, please join us for a discussion on malware on #social networks and countermeasures we can employ. Professor Nguyen from York University will be presenting her group's research from 2 - 3:15pm @ UC 140! x.com/IPSIns/status/…

GDPR may be the best tool to force transparency about how our Facebook data was weaponized to influence how we vote (& more). it's not just FB, the data economy (including the offline data brokers who partner with Facebook) have been unbridled for years wired.com/story/europes-…

Please join us next Tuesday for IPSI - U of Toronto next featured speaker Dr. Khaled El Emam, CRC in Electronic Health (2005-2015). The talk will focus on developing risk-based techniques for health data anonymization and secure disease surveillance. Details: bit.ly/2IdibNa

10 Women in Security You May Not Know But Should ubm.io/2GF4ppn #women #cybersecurity

Why the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook scandal is a wake-up call for all governments: Seven steps for a global response medium.com/@privacyint/wh…

Mozilla has opened applications for its 2018–2019 Fellowships. Mozilla Fellows are technologists, activists, and policy experts building a more ​humane​ ​digital​ ​world. Apply here: foundation.mozilla.org/fellowships/ap…

Gentle reminder - this is happening tomorrow! Hope to see you there ... x.com/IPSIns/status/…

Please join us as we host the "Seminar in Identity, Privacy and Security" course project posters next Tuesday April 10 @ the Inforum (140 St. George St)! All are welcome!

Cheryl Sandberg says “Facebook is open to the idea of additional government regulation” 🤔 <the kind the company likes to ignore & shows disdain for? Needs to address the seeming lack of ethics

Wozniak on Zuckerberg: "He buys a house and he buys all the houses around it, and then he buys some property in Hawaii and then he buys the parcels on the side of that for his own privacy. I wish he would think of me that way as a user of Facebook" abcnews.go.com/Technology/app…

So, Engadget, which is part of Oath (=Yahoo/AOL/Verizon) asks site visitors for 'permission' to transmit data on them to 436 (!) other firms, including major data brokers. "Select 'OK' to continue using our products, otherwise, you will not be able to access our sites and apps"