The dismissal by a European Union court of a European-American personal data protection transfer agreement is making headlines in the United States.

In this mobile privacy guide, we look at why smartphone apps collect our private data, what they do with it, and the steps you can take to minimize the risks.

What happens to a businesses’ confidential information or customers’ personal details after a breach occurs? Where does the information go?

The credit bureau Equifax will pay about $650 million — and perhaps much more

GDPR has reinvigorated companies’ efforts to ensure personal information is protected and handled properly.

OTTAWA — Canada’s military spies can collect and share information about Canadian citizens —

Credit reporting giant Equifax has spent nearly $1.4 billion on cleanup costs as well as overhauling its information security program following its massive 2017 data breach.

Advances in technology, such as the increase in data mining, the spread of smartphones and tablets, and improvements in internet connectivity, have created a data-rich world where the economic and social value of personal data has increased immensely.

The experts I spoke with also saw concepts in the GDPR that were naturally complimentary to PIPEDA. Concepts like “accountability” and “privacy by design” could, and perhaps, should be given prominence in legislative amendments to PIPEDA.

It’s time to tally up August's breaches. The volume of breaches is actually rather low in comparison to recent months; however, the number of leaked records is a staggering 215,009,428