“Avoid buying something online using your payment details from a website that does not have secure sockets layer (SSL) encryption installed,” said the report.

Canada promises big fines for companies that breach new privacy law

Nov 17, 2020

The draft law, which must be adopted by Parliament, says Canadians who feel their data has been improperly gathered or shared can turn to the country’s Privacy Commissioner and demand the information be deleted.The law also means businesses would have to be transparent about how they use automated decision-making systems like algorithms and artificial intelligence to make significant recommendations about individuals.

Hyundai faces lawsuit over EV fires as GM launches recall

Nov 17, 2020

Recalls could mean reputational as well as financial damage to Hyundai and other automakers, which are pushing into the EV market to meet tougher emissions regulations and to challenge market leader Tesla Inc TSLA.O. The problems could also dent consumer demand for EVs.

Normalcy may return by winter 2021, says COVID-19 vaccine creator

Nov 16, 2020

A new COVID vaccine’s impact will work significantly over the summer and life should be back to normal by next winter, Prof Ugur Sahin, co-founder of BioNTech, whose vaccine candidate has proved to prevent over 90 per cent people from getting Covid-19, as per preliminary reports. The Pfizer-BioNTech is one of the 11 vaccines in their final tests.

This winter would still be hard, he said in an interview on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show.

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