PRIVACYSmart CitiesSurveillance & TechnologyToronto's Smart City Let’s Not Forget, We Won June 25th was supposed to be Decision Day, the day Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto would…Brenda McPhailJune 26, 2020
COVID-19PRIVACYSurveillance & Technology The Canadian Contact Tracing Experiment Begins A social experiment in technologically-assisted tracking for public health purposes is about to being in…Brenda McPhailJune 18, 2020
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COVID-19EQUALITYPRIVACYVaccine Passports “Immunity Passports”: a New Journey to Inequality As we flounder about looking for ways out of the COVID-19 climate of fear, and…Brenda McPhailMay 26, 2020
COVID-19PRIVACYSurveillance & Technology Data Surveillance by Canadian Governments as COVID Response: CCLA’s Privacy Protection Prescription We are writing you about the use of technologically-mediated surveillance as a public health response…Brenda McPhailApril 20, 2020
COVID-19PRIVACY Public Health, Pandemics and Privacy Technology can be used as a tool to support human health and dignity, or to…Brenda McPhailMarch 20, 2020
PRIVACYSmart CitiesSurveillance & TechnologyToronto's Smart City Statement On The Reset Of The Quayside Project Today’s news that Sidewalk Labs has withdrawn from pursuing the project is a victory for…Brenda McPhailMarch 7, 2020
Artificial IntelligencePRIVACYSurveillance & Technology Make the Choice: Put the Horse Back in the Barn Clearview AI is a tech company that the New York Times reports has scraped 3…Brenda McPhailJanuary 1, 2020
PRIVACYSmart CitiesSurveillance & Technology Haunting Decisions Due October 31 October 31 is an important decision-day for the Waterfront Toronto/Sidewalk Labs smart city— a fitting…Brenda McPhailOctober 29, 2019
MAJOR CASES & REPORTSMass SurveillanceNational SecurityPRIVACYSurveillance & Technology CCLA Joins Rights Groups Challenging Mass Surveillance In Europe Following last year’s victory in which the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found the…Brenda McPhailJuly 10, 2019