Tag Archives: Ontario

Good luck finding a driving app for that, part 2 of 2

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Jennifer Kavur

19 Aug 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Why finding an app that allows you send and receive e-mails while driving, complies with Ontario distracted driving laws and actually helps you get your work done isn’t as easy as you think.

How to get into the Canadian open data scene, part 3 of 3

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Jennifer Kavur

12 Aug 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

GovCamp Canada events are an excellent way to get involved in the Canadian Government 2.0 scene. Notes from the recent event in Toronto.

Open data or social networking? part 1 of 3

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Jennifer Kavur

11 Aug 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Government can’t do it all. Should open data or social networking take priority? A round table discusses at GovCamp in Toronto.

Ontario sets best practices for smart grids

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Jennifer Kavur

16 Jun 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Ann Cavoukian, Toronto Hydro and Hydro One partner to produce the “gold standard” in privacy protection for electricity customers. Ontario’s privacy commissioner says the standards “take the guesswork out” for utility companies.

Interview with Ann Cavoukian: privacy, smart grids, best practices

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Jennifer Kavur

16 Jun 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

An interview with Ontario’s privacy commissioner, the first to release best practices for protecting privacy on smart grids in partnership with two of Canada’s largest utility companies.

 

Facebook starts fixing privacy settings

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Jennifer Kavur

26 May 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Facebook announced several changes to privacy settings are on the way – and the company hopes these will be the last. The changes, on the surface, are looking very good to Ontario privacy commissioner Ann Cavoukian.

 

Don’t like Facebook? Walk away, Cavoukian says

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Jennifer Kavur

20 May 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Ontario’s privacy commissioner talks about Facebook and privacy at Mesh. What Cavoukian wants from Facebook, what users can do and why she doesn’t have a Facebook account.

 

Recycling electronics is as easy as taking out the trash

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Jennifer Kavur

30 Mar 2010, ComputerWorld Canada

Ontarians have no excuse for tossing old iPods in the trash as a province-wide recycling program doubles its list of devices and drop-off locations. Torontonians get special curbside treatment and free e-waste bags for tired gadgets.

— reprinted by ITBusiness.ca, Ontario gets expanded e-waste recycling options

ITAC and Osler present AFP/P3 model to IT vendors

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Jennifer Kavur

22 Oct 2009, ComputerWorld Canada

Members of the private and public sector gathered at the Old Mill in Toronto to discuss Infrastructure Ontario’s upcoming procurement model for large-scale IT infrastructure projects. Plus, tips for newcomers to the P3 market.

Last call to comment on Ontario’s accessible IT standard

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Jennifer Kavur

03 Feb 2009, ComputerWorld Canada

The technology community has 24 hours left to influence proposed legislation that will require business information and communications systems across the province to become fully accessible to the disabled.

 

Electronics industry will foot the bill for e-waste

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Jennifer Kavur

15 Jul 2008, ComputerWorld Canada

The Ontario Ministry of the Environment approved the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment program for reducing consumer, industry and commercial e-waste.