Contact Tracing App in Canada: To Download or Not
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will challenge the Government of Nova Scotia’s exceptionally broad injunction limiting…
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
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
“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
CCLA and Partners Question Government on Decision to Share COVID-19 Test Results with Police
Last week police services across Ontario quietly got access to a new database – a…
Abby DeshmanApril 23, 2020
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
CCLA to Attorney General: Emergency Management of the Justice Sector Now Needed
In particular, I am writing about three matters: emergency funding of provincial legal aid services;…
Michael BryantMarch 22, 2020
Public Health, Pandemics and Privacy
Technology can be used as a tool to support human health and dignity, or to…
Brenda McPhailMarch 20, 2020





