Philippe Dufresne

Certn's website says that instead of using "outdated" manual screening for clients, it performs background checks using  "100 per cent online automated checks," and can conduct criminal record checks, identity checks, and employment verification in more than 200 countries. 

A federal watchdog is urging the RCMP to do a better job of assessing the privacy implications of commercial surveillance and monitoring services before using them.

The federal privacy watchdog and some of his global counterparts are urging the largest social media companies to prevent bulk extraction of personal details from their websites.

The federal privacy commissioner says it would be a mistake to give political parties the ability to govern the way they manage Canadians' personal information.

The federal privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into the company behind ChatGPT, an explosively popular artificial intelligence-powered chatbot.

Retailer Home Depot shared details from electronic receipts with Meta, which owns the social media platform Facebook, without the knowledge or consent of customers, the federal privacy watchdog has found.

The federal Liberals plan to introduce privacy legislation today, June 16, 2022, to give Canadians more control over their personal data and introduce new rules for the use of artificial intelligence.

The country's top public servant is offering to testify about controversial redactions to some 5,000 pages of documents the government released on the WE Charity affair.