Appearance before Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics (ETHI) of February 1st, 2024

Its Study on the Federal Government’s Use of Technological Tools Capable of Extracting Personal Data from Mobile Devices and Computers

February 1st, 2024

Briefing package for the Privacy Commissioner of Canada as witness before the Standing Committee on ETHI on February 1st, 2024 on its Study on the Federal Government’s Use of Technological Tools Capable of Extracting Personal Data from Mobile Devices and Computers.

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Table of contents

1. Commissionner’s Statement
2. Issue Sheets
3. Additional Q&As
4. ETHI Motion
5. CBC & Radio-Canada Articles
   1. Tools capable of extracting personal data from phones being used by 13 federal departments, documents show
   2. Parliamentary committee to study federal departments’ use of tools to extract personal data
6. ETHI Report on “Device Investigative Tools used by the RCMP and Related Issues” (2022)
7. Government Responses to ETHI Report
8. Chart – Government Responses to OPC
9. Member Biographies
10. Global Privacy Assembly Resolution on Artificial Intelligence and Employment
11. FPT Resolution – Protecting Employee Privacy in the Modern Workplace
12. OPC Privacy in the Workplace
13. FPT Resolution – Principles for responsible, trust-worthy and privacy-protective generative AI technologies

Additional Binder – Table of Content

1. OPC 2022-2023 Annual Report
2. European Union AI Act – Briefing Note
3. Bill S-203 Briefing Note and Issue Sheets
4. Announcement of OPC’s Investigation into TikTok
5. Announcement of OPC’s Investigation into OpenAI
6. OPC Privacy Impact Assessments
7. Glossary of Terms
8. Device Investigative Tools Used by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Related Issues
9. Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Key AI Actions Following President Biden’s Landmark Executive Order