SHARON POLSKY MAPP is President of AMINAcorp.ca, President of the Privacy & Access Council of Canada, and a Privacy by Design Ambassador with more than 30 years’ experience advising corporations and governments, as well as Parliamentary, Senate and legislative committees about privacy and access matters, and about the unintended consequences of emerging laws, technologies and global trends.
As an active speaker, panelist, and writer, and the lead spokesperson for the PACC, Sharon’s insights are frequently sought by media and conference organizers around the globe.
Sharon is a contributing writer to the Centre for International Governance Innovation, and has advised the National Cybersecurity Consortium and is a member of the NCC Scientific and Ecosystem Advisory Committee. She is also a member of the National Privacy & Access Certification Committee and Accreditation Advisory Board, academic advisory boards, and of several Digital Governance Standards committees.
She served as an Executive Member of the Canadian Bar Association Alberta Privacy and Access Law Section, and on the Board of the Rocky Mountain Civil Liberties Association; on the National Advisory Committee for the University of Alberta IAPP Program, the Advisory Board of the Canadian Institute for Information and Privacy Studies, and the Health Information Management Program Advisory Committee.
Sharon was a Women of Influence Award finalist 2010 and appointed as a Privacy by Design Ambassador in 2011. She was nominated to receive the Grace Pepin Award 2011, the Robert C. Clark Award 2017, and the PICCASO Award 2024.
