Masks may protect people from being infected or infecting others with diseases transmitted by respiratory droplets or other airborne means. Masks may also help to disguise people’s identities. However, this…
Category: Privacy
“There’s an app for that”: Contact Tracing and new Data Security and Privacy Concerns
Since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on March 11th, 2020, national governments around the world have sought to battle the virus through a variety of testing,…
THE ONGOING SAGA: FACEBOOK HEMORRHAGING ITS USERS PRIVACY
Yet again, another regulator, the Competition Bureau of Canada (the Bureau), has unmasked Facebook for incessant acts of breaching its user’s information privacy. On May 19, 2020, the Competition Commission…
The Unforeseen Consequence of Uploading Your Mask Selfie
Privacy advocates may be breathing a sigh of relief. While the world is grappling with an unprecedented pandemic, wearing a mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 can result in…
Is Zoom Doomed?
Until recently, the only people who utilized the video conferencing app Zoom were people who worked in the tech industry. However, with the rise of work-at-home arrangements during the COVID-19…
Where Have You Been? Canada Wants to Know
The rise of contact tracing apps requires countries to declare where their values lie on privacy, and Canada is no exception. When Canadians were first ordered to self-isolate, the IPilogue…