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Adorjan, Michael; Ricciardelli, Rosemary – Learning, Media and Technology, 2019
While previous research identifies skepticism and some animosity among students towards school-based cyber-safety programs, drawing from focus group discussions with Canadian teens, this paper contributes to unpacking reasons for both support for 'what works' and antagonism for what is perceived to be lacking. Our findings reveal support for…
Descriptors: Information Security, Computer Security, Criticism, High School Students
Carnevale, Dan – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
The USA Patriot Act is having far-reaching effects on the kinds of data that wind up on some academics' computers in Canada. Canadian colleges, responding to provincial laws passed in reaction to the Patriot Act, are preventing professors from entering the United States with students' private data on their laptops and limiting the locations of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Colleges, Foreign Countries, Federal Legislation
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Phillips, Bruce – Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 1995
This lecture by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada addresses issues related to information technology and privacy, including privacy law, government role, surveillance techniques, and security measures to protect the privacy of electronic communications. The text of the question and answer period following the lecture is included. (MES)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Security, Federal Legislation, Foreign Countries
Storey, Tom, Ed. – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2007
The practice of using a social network to establish and enhance relationships based on some common ground--shared interests, related skills, or a common geographic location--is as old as human societies, but social networking has flourished due to the ease of connecting on the Web. This OCLC membership report explores this web of social…
Descriptors: Privacy, Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Internet
Wright, Peter W. – 2000
Based on the author's presentation at the International Conference on Computer Based Learning in Science, this paper discuses some high profile areas of interest and concern in the educational use of information and communication technology (ICT). The paper is influenced partly by a series of nine government funded "Best Practices"…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Security, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1999
The information in this document is based on a study that Alberta Education commissioned on establishing technology systems that are responsive to the requirements of Alberta's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPP). This document provides an overview of key issues and suggested strategies in the following areas: (1)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Security, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Administration
Gillis, R. Peter; Whitemarsh, Judith – 1999
This study provides suggestions and best practices for superintendents, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPP) coordinators and school information technologists in dealing with the impact of Alberta's FOIPP Act on the application of information technologies within their organizations. The study explores the relationship between…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Check Lists, Computer Security, Computer Uses in Education