The heads of Canada’s privacy protection authorities today issued a joint statement recommending legislators develop a legal framework that establishes clearly and explicitly the circumstances in which police use of facial recognition may be acceptable. Facial recognition has emerged as a tool of significant interest for police agencies in Canada. Used responsibly and in the … [Read more...] about Privacy regulators call for legal framework limiting police use of facial recognition technology
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Action to Protect Students and Children
Ontario is becoming the first Canadian jurisdiction to publicly disclose and make parents and guardians aware of educators that have been involved in sexual abuse and other serious criminal proceedings. Learn more … [Read more...] about Action to Protect Students and Children
E-evidence regulation: Why it matters for medical confidentiality?
Electronic data has become a defining component of criminal investigations. Emails, data stored “in the cloud”, private messages – investigators increasingly seek such data, often held by private companies, as evidence for their criminal cases. This can also encompass health data. Under current legal rules, when such data is stored abroad, national law enforcement authorities … [Read more...] about E-evidence regulation: Why it matters for medical confidentiality?
Court rules Ontario insurer’s request for claimant data ‘abusive and unnecessarily invasive’
An Ontario judge has turned down a request by Aviva Insurance Company of Canada to order a claimant to produce detailed banking and credit card records showing the location and identity of vendors from which that claimant had made purchases. Read More … [Read more...] about Court rules Ontario insurer’s request for claimant data ‘abusive and unnecessarily invasive’
Have Your Say on Smart City Policy
The City of Mississauga is creating a policy – the first of its kind in Canada – that will guide and control how technology is introduced and used across the city to improve the quality of life for residents, businesses and visitors – a Smart City for everybody. Residents and stakeholders are invited to learn more about Mississauga as a Smart City, to provide input into the … [Read more...] about Have Your Say on Smart City Policy
Open Letter to Belgian Government to halt legislation to undermine end-to-end encryption
On 29 September 2021, the Privacy & Access Council of Canada joined with 106 other organizations and individual privacy and cybersecurity experts, to send an open letter to the Belgian Ministers with responsibilities for digital and law enforcement issues. The Open letter from the members of the Global Encryption Coalition calls on the Belgian government to drop … [Read more...] about Open Letter to Belgian Government to halt legislation to undermine end-to-end encryption
