
New police facial recognition app should serve as ‘wake up call’ on privacy
February 4, 2020
Discussing the prospect of employing facial recognition technology in policing in Edmonton
February 7, 2020
Libby Znaimer is joined by Jeff Thomson, Senior RCMP Intelligence Analyst with the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre and then Ann Cavoukian, Executive Director of the Global Privacy & Security by Design Centre.
What do you think the biggest scam in the country is? According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, an e-mail based scam called “spear phishing” is cheating people of more money than any other scam in Canada. It is a request for money or information sent to a specific person, organization or business.This was the number one scam in Canada last year with losses of almost $37 million. Libby and experts discuss what you can do to prevent yourself or your business from falling victim to this type of cyber crime.