The Scarborough Health Network in Toronto said its servers containing past and present personal patient details were accessed in a data breach, CBC News reports. The network’s information technology department first noticed “unusual activity” on the servers Jan. 25 and said in a statement, “the unau...

In a recent report, the Dutch data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, found data breaches due to cyberattacks almost doubled in 2021 over the previous year. The AP said it received almost 25,000 data breach reports in 2021, 9% of which were caused by cyberattacks — up from 5% the pre...

Hello privacy pros, I hope many of you were able to enjoy the many events that ran across our region as the various Asia-Pacific jurisdictions commenced their privacy awareness weeks over the course of this month. This week, ABC News published a lengthy article into alleged tracking by educational...

Singapore created the world’s first artificial intelligence governance testing framework and toolkit called A.I. Verify, according to its Infocomm Media Development Authority. The framework and toolkit’s purpose would be to promote transparency between companies and their stakeholders by combining t...

Following the confirmation and swearing in of Alvaro Bedoya, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission finally has a full commissioner bench under FTC Chair Lina Khan. The commissioners wasted no time getting to work on privacy matters, voting unanimously to adopt a policy statement regarding Children’s Onl...