Privacy Tech-Know blog: When what is old is new again – The reality of synthetic data
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A warning to webcam users
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Read moreSurveillance technologies and children
A complaint investigation about a daycare that offered webcam monitoring to parents caused us to consider the prevalence of high tech surveillance tools in the day-to-day lives of children. Specifically, we wondered how technical surveillance might affect kids’ feelings about privacy.
Read moreEmployee privacy – a balancing act
Companies are always seeking ways to improve productivity. The most innovative and successful methods can create some positive buzz around a company.
Read morePrivacy Pop – Our top ten films on privacy
Privacy and surveillance have always been compelling themes in pop culture, and Hollywood has certainly used the concepts to great effect. Below, in no particular order, is our own selection of the best films with a privacy theme.
Read moreCitizens watching citizens
Waiting for his bus, a man watches as two people smash a glass window in an attempt to break into a building. He takes his phone out of his jacket pocket, points it towards the couple across the street, and snaps a photo. He posts it to Twitter. “Incredible,” he writes. “At the corner of Wellington and Fifth.”
Read morePreliminary reaction from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to Bill C-30
Our Office understands the challenges faced by law enforcement and national security authorities in fighting online crime at a time of rapidly changing communications technologies and the need to modernize their tactics and tools accordingly.
Read morePrivacy: Let’s see what they think!
We’re launching our fourth annual My Privacy & Me Video Contest, where students aged 12 to 18 show us what they have to say about privacy.
Read moreInsights on Privacy - Privacy, Surveillance, and Public Safety
On June 23rd, 2011, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner is holding the fourth Insights on Privacy armchair discussion. We heard in April about opportunities for privacy in the design of intimate devices that we share our lives with every day, like smart phones, and the sensor-rich landscape that’s upon us.
Read moreInsights on Privacy - Adam Greenfield and Aza Raskin
On April 20th, 2011, our Office is holding the third Insights on Privacy armchair discussion. We heard in February about what motivates us to reveal or conceal details of our personal lives, and how we protect the private lives of others around us.
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