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IPC Privacy & Access by Design Summer 2012 | Time to get smart about Big Data ... ENTER SMARTDATA!
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The IPC goes silver
On June 29, 1987, Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) received Royal Assent. Shortly afterwards, the IPC opened its doors with a modest staff of three people under the first Commissioner, Justice Sidney Linden. We’ve come a long way since then, and are very proud of our achievements over the past 25 years.
The world has changed so much since I first joined the IPC as the first Director of Compliance. There was no Internet, no email, no smartphones, and I still wrote everything on a typewriter! Fast forward to today when always-on connectivity and online social media have become ubiquitous. I am delighted to be part of this information age and want to share with you an exciting new initiative I have undertaken. Commissioner’s Corner is a weekly video blog, where I will be offering commentary on current issues regarding privacy and access. You can find it on our Privacy by Design YouTube Channel.
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Ensuring Privacy in the World of Big Data
IT in Canada features Commissioner Cavoukian and how to integrate PbD into the rapidly evolving Big Data space. [Full Article]
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June 27, 2012 | PO-3084
University of Ottawa
May 18, 2012 | MO-2735
City of London
March 30, 2012 | PO-3067
Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
March 23, 2012 | PO-3065
Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
Jan 30, 2012 | PO-3044
Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee
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Time to Get Smart about Big Data ... Enter SmartData!
I am concerned that within the next few years it may become technologically possible to record practically everything that is said or done – every phone conversation, electronic message and social media interaction. The challenge to privacy that we face is how do we, as individuals, assert control over our own data and how it is used?
We must find innovative ways to allow individuals to protect their personal information. However, we are constantly presented with the scenario that we have to choose between privacy or social media; between privacy or public safety; privacy or innovation. Not so! This false zero-sum paradigm does not take into account the power of human ingenuity to create a positive-sum solution that delivers both privacy and social media; privacy and public safety; and privacy and innovation.
I believe that what is needed is an incredibly innovative concept known as SmartData. SmartData are Internet-based autonomous agents that can act as our online surrogates, securely storing our personal information and intelligently disclosing it, based upon the context of the data request, and according to our individual instructions. In the process, our data will remain private and secure. It is an innovation that is desperately needed because without it, our data will move beyond our reach and our ability to ultimately maintain much-needed control.
The development of SmartData will ensure that personal privacy, the basis of our freedom and liberty, resides where it belongs – with individuals. I consider SmartData to be the embodiment of Privacy by Design, indeed, ushering in the next generation – PbD 2.0.
The first step in propelling SmartData from vision to reality happened this past May when my office partnered with the Identity, Privacy and Security Institute (IPSI) at the University of Toronto to hold the first SmartData International Symposium. This featured some of the world's foremost experts in robotics, privacy, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computer science, evolutionary biology, engineering, and philosophy.
I strongly encourage you to visit the website for the Symposium to learn more.
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The IPC goes silver
On June 29, 1987, Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) received Royal Assent. Shortly afterwards, the IPC opened its doors with a modest staff of three people under the first Commissioner, Justice Sidney Linden. We’ve come a long way since then, and are very proud of our achievements over the past 25 years.
The world has changed so much since I first joined the IPC as the first Director of Compliance. There was no Internet, no email, no smartphones, and I still wrote everything on a typewriter! Fast forward to today when always-on connectivity and social media have become ubiquitous. I am delighted to be part of this information age and want to share with you an exciting initiative I have undertaken. Commissioner’s Corner is a weekly video blog, where I will be offering commentary on current issues regarding privacy and access. You can find it on our Privacy by Design YouTube Channel.
In this issue of Privacy & Access we feature another advance in privacy, the first ever International Symposium on SmartData that was presented by the Identity, Privacy, and Security Institute (IPSI) at the University of Toronto in association with my office. SmartData is a vision to create Internet-based virtual agents which will act as an individual's online proxy to securely store their personal information and disclose it based upon the context of the data request and instructions authorized by the data subject. The symposium was a tremendous success, featuring renowned international and local experts from a wide variety of disciplines.
In June I released my 2011 Annual Report, themed Ever Vigilant, given my grave privacy concerns regarding the federal “lawful access” legislation. Known as Bill C-30, this legislation would provide police with much greater ability to access and track information about identifiable individuals via everyday communications technologies, such as the Internet and smartphones, at times, without a warrant or any judicial authorization. I believe that this legislation represents one of the most invasive threats to our privacy and freedom that I have ever encountered in my career, a looming system of what I call, “Surveillance by Design.”
While the IPC has achieved much in our first twenty-five years, we can never rest our laurels. We must remain committed to the ideals of access and privacy and not let apathy or sensationalistic headlines erode our freedoms.
Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D.
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Ontario, Canada
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