Many families in Quebec have a daily life that is partly online. Moms and dads check their children's school portals, use their mobile phones to settle invoices and manage bank accounts, while the kids access digital platforms for schoolwork and stay in touch with relatives. A family album is shared right away with extended family living in the West Island or other areas, and vital papers are increasingly in digital format rather than paper. The comfort of this method is plain to see, but it also means that family members now have more sensitive personal data to protect than ever before.

Local officials on Thursday were still seeking information about a multi-million-dollar government contract with an Alaska-based corporation designating Adams, Tennessee as the location of a national immigration enforcement call center.  A summary document posted on the federal government’s contract website shows it has entered into a contract of up to $63 million with a subsidiary […]