Mr. Chair, the comparison between the de-identified aggregated data that PHAC receives and the amount of data that is being transmitted by mobile devices and used by both applications and telcos is like a bucket or even a drop compared to the ocean, effectively. When we're looking at Google Maps.... There are public goods. When I go out, I use it and I consent to my data being used so that I can understand when I show up at the pool with my kids, we can get in. That's one of the social goods that is looked at with this data. The trick really is maintaining the privacy and security of folks while we're doing it.
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