The Privacy and Access Council of Canada (PACC) and the CIO Strategy Council (CIOSC) today announced a new partnership to help advance privacy protections, access to information, and data governance research, standards and professional certification in Canada. “Our rapidly shifting, global economy — one that is increasingly leveraging big data and artificial intelligence — … [Read more...] about PACC Announces Partnership with the CIO Strategy Council
Advocacy
The dangers of binary thinking and why we shouldn’t have to choose between our rights
The argument that our fundamental rights (access to information, privacy, health, security, freedom of expression) should automatically collide is not new or unique, but it has come up even more often since coronavirus started spreading. Read More … [Read more...] about The dangers of binary thinking and why we shouldn’t have to choose between our rights
Public Health Privacy Predicament
In a world of political monkey-see-monkey-do, in which our own Prime Minister has assured that "there is nothing we won't do” to keep Canadians safe, comes a new and credible threat to Canadians' privacy, freedoms, and democratic institutions from the other side of the globe. On May 8th, New Zealand was applauded for proactively publishing several dozen papers that … [Read more...] about Public Health Privacy Predicament
The Challenge of Legacy
This is a transcript of Edwin Black’s April 11, 2018 keynote address in the Michigan Capitol Rotunda for that state’s official Holocaust Commemoration. Today, I come not just to mourn nor to scorn but rather to warn our world, that is, the world of today whose memories are still whistling and bristling with the torments and tribulations of a generation now passing before … [Read more...] about The Challenge of Legacy
2019 Fellowship Award
We are pleased to announce that the PACC 2019 Fellowship Award was presented to Senator Paula Simons in person today at the Privacy and Data Governance Congress in Calgary. Congratulations! Read the presentation remarks here. The PACC Fellowship Award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the information privacy and access-to-information … [Read more...] about 2019 Fellowship Award
Get to Know Your Right to Know
The Privacy and Access Council of Canada is among the 40 countries and 60 non-governmental organizations that participate in the annual celebration of International Right to Know Day to raise awareness about governments’ decision-making processes. Exercising the right to gain access to information is a vital aspect of democracy and good governance that is necessary for the … [Read more...] about Get to Know Your Right to Know
