Facebook wins $712-million in damages in spammer case

TORONTO - Facebook has won 712 million dollars in damages after a California court ruled against a spammer for trying to get personal information from the users of the social networking website.

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Identity theft, online fraud likely to harm e-business

TORONTO - Identity theft and online fraud are likely to harm e-business prospects in the long run, warn experts, who are asking legislators to strengthen laws against cyber crime.

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Canadian media giant Canwest enters bankruptcy protection after restructuring its debt

Canada's Canwest enters bankruptcy protection

TORONTO — Canwest Global Communications Corp. entered bankruptcy protection on Tuesday after reaching a deal to restructure its debt with lenders.

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Canadian media giant Canwest to seek court protection while it restructures its debt

Canada's Canwest to seek court protection

TORONTO — Canwest Global Communications Corp. said Tuesday it will file for bankruptcy protection under a deal with a key group of lenders as Canada's biggest media company seeks court approval to restructure its debt after months of negotiations.

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Facebook agrees to give users more control, addresses Canadian privacy complaints

Facebook agrees with Canada on privacy controls

TORONTO — Facebook agreed Thursday to give users more control over the information they share with outside applications like games and quizzes in response to concerns raised by Canadian privacy officials.

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Canada’s privacy commissioner says Facebook violates privacy laws

Watchdog: Facebook violates Canadian privacy law

TORONTO — Canada's privacy commissioner accused Facebook on Thursday of breaching Canadian law by keeping users' personal information indefinitely after members close their accounts.

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Canada uses Facebook and Youtube to spread consciousness on swine flu

TORONTO - Seventeen new cases of human swine flu took the Canadian total to 51 Friday even as the government launched a Citizen Readiness Campaign to check the spread of the virus. As part of the nation-wide campaign, the government is putting advertisements in dailies and weeklies May 2 and May 4 to raise public awareness about flu infection.

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Canadian researchers reveal how they cracked Chinese spy scam on Dalai Lama

TORONTO - A 34-year-old international relations student and part-time tech geek Meet at Toronto's Munk Centre for International Studies tried everything to track down a piece of malicious software that had infected computers around the world, including those in the offices of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

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Canadian researchers uncover Chinese spy plot against Dalai Lama, Indian mission

TORONTO - Canadian researchers have reportedly uncovered a Chinese cyber plot that hacked the websites of the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, and systems in the embassies of India, South Korea, Indonesia, Romania, Cyprus, Malta, Thailand, Taiwan, Portugal, Germany and Pakistan.

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Chinese hack into Indian embassies, steal Dalai Lama’s documents

TORONTO - A China-based cyber spy network has hacked into government and private systems in 103 countries, including those of many Indian embassies and the Dalai Lama, an Internet research group said here Saturday.

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