The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada submitted feedback on the Department of Justice's cybercrime protocol that aims to decrease cyberattacks and protect citizens' sensitive data. The protocol states law enforcement agencies should be able to access electronic devices when a cybercrime i...

Nova Scotia Health fired an employee after they allegedly accessed the health information of 2,690 patients while working at St. Martha's Regional Hospital, the Canadian HR Reporter reports. The organization said it is working to strengthen its cybersecurity system and will "not tolerate any unautho...

There are more than 70 references to certification, covering privacy by design, data transfers to processors, adequacy of technical and organizational measures, and international data transfers, in the EU General Data Protection Regulation. The European Data Protection Seal is a GDPR-certification ...

European Center for Certification and Privacy co-Chair Sébastien Ziegler writes about how to reduce risks and qualify for the European Data Protection Seal under the EU General Data Protection Regulation. He broke down the process for certification to two major steps as well as the benefits of seeki...

Norway's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, said it disagreed with the proposal to modify the Civil Protection Act due to personal data processing implications. Datatilsynet said the changes would allow "personal data collected in crisis situations to be further processed for incompatible purp...