Presented by Julianna Yau

• lag in privacy legislation versus emerging technologies
• minority government impact
• problems with integrating specific technologies with legislation
• do we feel the law protects our privacy, even without taking the internet into account?
• do companies abide by PIPEDA now? examples that they don’t
• companies use legalese to trick people into giving consent for things they don’t want to give
• law doesn’t protect – it is reactive
• companies are “oopsing” all over the place — where’s the accountability?
• is there any accountability within companies to be proactive about privacy?
• issues of ownership of data — is it yours because it is information about you, or does the entity that took your data own it because they are storing it and/or have been provided the data
• companies need to understand privacy and think about why they need to collect information
• some people don’t like all the security layers
• people want choice of information being provided for security
• someone was able to create a fake identity (there is a Wired article about this)
• issues of privacy and globalization – our laws only apply within Canada
• Rogers One Bill – problems with implementation
• paying for privacy – not technically legal, but phone companies charge for private listings