Cybersecurity

• [New] Canadian kids are digitally savvy and they value their privacy, but they can also be unsuspecting about the potential privacy risks of new digital communications technologies.
• [New] This month Google begins a public test of a technology it says will eventually replace browser cookies in an effort to boost Chrome browser user privacy.
• [New] Without a strong federal privacy law, the FTC will continue to be hampered in its efforts to protect the privacy of American consumers.
• [New] With the improvements in search algorithm, Google will still be able to provide its advertisers and publishers with relevant information while protecting the privacy of its users.
• [New] After growing concerns around the privacy of third-party cookies, Google announced last year that it would completely phase out cookies on Google Chrome by 2022.
• [New] Ensuring global Internet access, managing its sustainable growth, and protecting users from cybersecurity threats are all important issues for the Internet community to navigate.
• [New] While smaller businesses might not believe they are a tempting target for cyber criminals, almost half have reported cybersecurity breaches or attacks over the past year.
• [New] The skills initiative will empower Indonesians in AI, cybersecurity, and data science through a digital literacy curriculum.
• [New] BindID empowers organizations to delete all passwords from their databases, which is a groundbreaking step forward for improving security, reducing risk and complying with global data privacy regulations.
• [New] First-party data is becoming increasingly important as privacy regulation will likely continue as Google Chrome is expected to phase out third-party cookies.
• [New] Look for more firms to embrace the value of a SOC in 2021 as a way to mitigate their cyber risk.
• [New] In early 2020, Google laid out a roadmap for making third party cookies obsolete by 2022, and works on creating alternative technologies / standards that will permit ad personalization without affecting user privacy.
• [New] Although Google early last year announced plans to phase out third-party cookies and trackers in Chrome in favor of a new framework called the privacy sandbox, it's not expected to go live until some time in 2022.
• [New] Apple will pop up a prompt asking users for permission for cross-app tracking, giving people the option to opt out.
• [New] In 2021 we will be facing a new and more sophisticated array of physical security and cybersecurity challenges that pose significant risk to global critical infrastructure.
• [New] According to a survey conducted by Genpact, over 50% of consumers are worried that AI will continue the erosion of their privacy.
• The federal government's proposed Bill C-11 to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act - which, if passed, will update Canada's digital privacy laws - will give Canada's federal privacy commissioner the power to make compliance orders.
• Another essential factor enabling e-commerce in India and Bharat is the ubiquitous mobile phone - which is increasingly facing cybersecurity challenges from different threat actors.
• DHS will lead efforts to mitigate risks to the United States, further strengthen its partnerships with the private sector, and expand its investment in the infrastructure and people required to defend against malicious cyber attacks as part of a whole-of-government effort.
• The EU will grant the UK so-called 'data adequacy' and continue to allow for the personal data of EU citizens to be stored and processed in servers located in the UK.12 But the adequacy decision is to be reviewed every four years to ensure the privacy of EU citizens is not at risk.
• Adding to challenges, cybersecurity is ranked by executives as the second-highest risk to enterprises, and attacks on critical infrastructure are rated as the fifth-highest global risk by the World Economic Forum.

Last updated: 07 March 2021