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The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) generates privacy research in a few ways. It conducts in-house research, commissions expert research and provides funding for independent research projects. In addition, the OPC regularly conducts public opinion research with Canadians, Canadian businesses and other audiences to stay abreast of privacy awareness, understanding, attitudes and perceptions.

By funding privacy research that draws from, and includes, Canadian perspectives, we help generate information, insights, analysis, and in some instances, debate—all of which contribute to the protection and promotion of privacy.

Start here to explore the wealth of privacy research on the OPC web site.

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Three Short Films: Privacy in the Age of Big Data

Organization: Surveillance Studies Centre, Queens University
Project Leaders: David Lyon and David Murakami Wood

Research project

Raising Public Awareness about Genealogical Privacy across Canada, in both Official Languages

Organization: Department of English, York University
Project Leader: Julia Creet, Professor

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Production and sharing of digital privacy content

Organization: Coopérative Radiophonique de Toronto, CHOQ-FM
Project Leader: Tonia Mori, Director General

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Parenting in the digital age: Sharing personal information on social networks and its impact on children’s privacy and image rights

Organization: Option Consommateurs
Project Leaders: Maryse Guénette, Research and Presentation Lead and Josiane Fréchette, Project Leader

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Back on the Data Trail: The Evolution of Canada’s Data Broker Industry

Organization: Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC)
Project Leader: David Fewer, Director

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Monitoring children: privacy in the world of smart toys

Organization: Option consommateurs
Project Leader: Alexandre Plourde, Legal Counsel

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Towards Dynamic Transparency: The AppTrans (Transparency for Android Applications) Project

Organization: University of Toronto
Project Leaders: Lisa Austin and David Lie

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Data Defenders: Managing collection of personal information online, a game for students in grades 4-6

Organization: MediaSmarts
Project Leader: Jane Tallim, Co-Executive Director

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