Privacy Study
May 7, 2008
TECHNOLOGY THAT'S USED TO COLLECT PRIVATE INFORMATION ABOUT AVERAGE CITIZENS HAS EVOLVED SO QUICKLY --THAT LAWMAKERS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP. NOW, ACADEMICS ARE SAYING WE HAD 'BETTER' CATCH UP BEFORE WE LOSE OUR PERSONAL IDENTITY. TOMORROW MARKS THE START OF A THREE-YEAR GROUND BREAKING STUDY ON FINDING THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY. AND IT WILL BE LED BY QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY. OTTAWA HAS CONTRIBUTED 2.5 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE STUDY. CANADA'S PRIVACY COMMISSIONER JENNIFER STODDART WILL BE AT QUEEN'S TOMORROW TO MEET WITH THE RESEARCH TEAM, LED BY SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR, DR. DAVID LYON. THEIR WORK COULD LEAD TO NEW GOVERNMENT POLICIES TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM OVERLY-INVASIVE DATA COLLECTION BY PRIVATE BUSINESS, POLICE SERVICES AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
