Amidst recent data breach reports, Claudiu Popa writes for IT World Canada about the country's need for a data breach notification system, noting, “2011 was declared the Year of the Data Breach. It was overshadowed by 2012’s cybercrime exploits. Then 2013 broke all records and this year has been a relentless succession of game-changing vulnerabilities that have destabilized the very fabric of Internet communications, cast a shadow on the prospects of the innovative potential of the Internet of Things, all the while leading an already desensitized public to the brink of fatigue.” Meanwhile, CBC reports on privacy concerns following one company’s accidental email exposing thousands of addresses, and The Start Phoenix reports a judge has found school staff did not breach a student’s privacy by reading a text message.
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