The IAPP Vancouver and Victoria Chapters are co-hosting a virtual education event on June 19th, which will explore how local governments and other public bodies in BC apply the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) in their day-to-day operations. iapp.org/connect/comm...

This IAPP article includes five key actions every leadership team should consider taking to strengthen their data protection posture ahead of a financing round. iapp.org/news/a/prepa...

Under BC’s public sector privacy law (FIPPA), an individual’s privacy rights continue past death. To learn more about this, check out this new guidance released by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia. www.oipc.bc.ca/documents/gu...

Reminder: Have your say! Commissioner Harvey will visit 7 BC cities next month to gather feedback to guide our office's strategic plan.

Sessions in Prince George, Smithers, Victoria, Kamloops, Kelowna, Abbotsford and Vancouver.

More information and registration link: www.oipc.bc.ca/news-events/...

📣 NEW: Today, we're excited to launch the new CIRA XDR designed for Canadian organizations. XDR is a comprehensive tool to help security teams stay ahead of attacks and respond rapidly in a complex cyberthreat landscape.

Read the full announcement: www.cira.ca/en/resources...

Most people should use a password manager, but there's no one-size-fits-all recommendation.

Are you a small business wanting to attend the Victoria International Privacy and Security Summit (March 11-13)? To support my workshop on small business compliance, the Summit planners have provided me a 50% off discount to extend to small businesses www.rebootcommunications.com/event/vipss2...

Each day during Data Privacy Week (January 27-31), the National Cybersecurity Alliance is hosting 30-minute conversations with industry leaders to discuss all things data privacy! Check out the information on their website for daily topics and to register. www.staysafeonline.org/events/talki...

As an official champion of Data Privacy Week (DPW) through the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA), during DPW I’ll be posting daily with helpful tips from the NCA on www.linkedin.com/in/marilyn-s-ipp

In celebration of and recognition of Data Privacy Week, the IAPP Victoria and Vancouver KnowledgeNet Chapters meeting on January 29th is featuring BC's Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, as our guest speaker!

If you'd like to attend, here's the details for registering. iapp.org/connect/comm...

New bills need to be reintroduced when a Parliamentary session starts. With all parties responsible for updating Canada's privacy laws, and with all parties saying they are committed to doing so, hopefully it won’t be delayed too long.

As part of Justin Trudeau's recent resignation announcement, he requested a “prorogation” of Parliament until 24 March. Prorogation kills every bill under consideration to become law, including Bill C-27, the proposed update to current private sector privacy law.

Both individuals and companies need to protect their data online. Thankfully, there are several ways you can do this effectively with these 10 tips from the National Cybersecurity Alliance to follow. staysafeonline.org/resources/10...