The 2021 edition of the World Development Report from the World Bank provides a blueprint on how to harness the power of data for development, to ensure no one is left behind. The report examines aligning data governance with the social contract, and moving toward an integrated national data system. Read the report at https://wdr2021.worldbank.org/ … [Read more...] about Data for Better Lives
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Ontario Digital ID — Update
From February 2 - February 26, 2021 more than 7,700 individuals and small- and medium-sized businesses provided the Government of Ontario with their views about digital identification. That input will be used by the Government “to create [its] plan and ensure digital ID is helpful to both residents and businesses in Ontario.” Given how very well members of the PACC community … [Read more...] about Ontario Digital ID — Update
How Do Dating Apps Use My Data? A Video Explainer in time for Valentine’s Day
If you've ever used a dating app, your data has likely been collected and shared across the Internet. How do dating - and other types of apps - use your data? Advocate R.J. Cross explains. She has more to say about this and other important issues at U.S. PIRG … [Read more...] about How Do Dating Apps Use My Data? A Video Explainer in time for Valentine’s Day
Help shape Ontario’s Digital ID Program
The Ontario government is seeking input on its plan to introduce a digital ID program by the end of 2021 that would enable Ontarians to conveniently prove their identity online. Individuals could use digital ID to prove their identity when: checking in for virtual medical appointments getting a birth, marriage or death certificate applying for government … [Read more...] about Help shape Ontario’s Digital ID Program
The high cost of affordable auto insurance
In an attempt to drive down soaring auto insurance rates, the Alberta Government recently introduced Bill 41 to modernize the Insurance Act. On its surface, Bill 41 is a valiant effort to provide some relief from high auto insurance rates (although the Bill does not require cost savings to be passed on to consumers). A quick look under its hood is all it … [Read more...] about The high cost of affordable auto insurance
Commissioners agree with PACC that facial recognition without meaningful consent is problematic
In late July of 2018, an observant shopper at Calgary’s Chinook Centre mall saw an electronic wayfinding directory displaying computer code suggesting that facial recognition technology was being used in the display boards. Days later, PACC asked the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta to investigate and determine … [Read more...] about Commissioners agree with PACC that facial recognition without meaningful consent is problematic
