Episode 1: Interview with Dr. Ann Cavoukian, former Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
Description: What better way to launch the Real Talk Roundtable than by interviewing the former Privacy Commissioner of Ontario and world-renowned expert, Dr. Ann Cavoukian? In this episode, we explore if it is possible to live in a free and safe society without giving up some of our privacy.
Recorded: April 16th, 2019.
Location: Privacy By Design Centre of Excellence.
Timestamps:
Intro: 0:00
Bio: 2:27
What is the difference between privacy and security?: 4:46
What sparked Dr. Cavoukian's interest in privacy?: 5:46
Why is it important that people are cautious about their privacy?: 7:59
Are people disillusioned about protecting their privacy that they do not even bother trying to protect it anymore?: 12:09
Do people even care about their privacy anymore?: 14:24
How do you get people to care about privacy when it's so easy not to (choosing between privacy and convenience)?: 17:04
Do you think people will have trust in organizations again in regards to their privacy?: 20:36
How can Terms and Conditions give away your information?: 21:46
What does a Privacy Commissioner even do?: 25:28
How does the Office of the Privacy Commissioner impact my life as a citizen?: 26:59
What is Privacy by Design (PbD)?: 29:24
Are there any justifications for governments invading the privacy of citizens?: 33:17
Will technology increase or decrease our defenses in regards to privacy? 35:10
Outro: 39:15
Dr. Ann Cavoukian
-Creator of Privacy by Design
-Former Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
Twitter: @AnnCavoukian
Dr. Ann Cavoukian is recognized as one of the world’s leading privacy experts. She is presently the Executive Director of the Global Privacy & Security by Design Centre and is also a Senior Fellow of the Ted Rogers Leadership Centre at Ryerson University. Until June 2019, Dr. Cavoukian was the Distinguished Expert-in-Residence, leading the Privacy by Design Centre of Excellence at Ryerson University.
Appointed as the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, in 1997, Dr. Cavoukian served an unprecedented three consecutive terms as Commissioner. There she created Privacy by Design (PbD), a framework that seeks to proactively embed privacy into the design specifications of information technologies, networked infrastructure, and business practices, which will achieve the strongest protection possible. In October 2010, International Privacy Regulators unanimously passed a Resolution recognizing Privacy by Design as an international standard. Since then, PbD has been translated into 40 languages.
She has received numerous awards recognizing her leadership in privacy, including being named as one of the Top 25 Women of Influence in Canada, named among the Top 10 Women in Data Security and Privacy, and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by the Governor General of Canada for her outstanding work on creating Privacy by Design and taking it global.
Additional Information and References:
The Length of Time it Takes to Reads Terms and Conditions.
Privacy search engine: DuckDuckGo.
Danah Boyd's Research on Young People and Privacy: Social Privacy in Networked Publics: Teens’ Attitudes, Practices, and Strategies.
Sidewalk Labs wants to create a “Civic Data Trust”.
Case mentioned by Dr. Cavoukian regarding AI and Privacy: Ewert v. Canada.
Canada's Privacy Commissioner investigates Facebook.
How Dr. Cavoukian was involved in former Ontario Premier Daulton McGuinty stepping down as a result of the gas plant scandal.
Data Breaches:
Capital One breach.
Equifax data breach.
TransUnion data breach.
How AI is changing payroll.