I would say not just in law but in ethics, as in your research on privacy. We are always balancing the public good, and you had mentioned your support for the active use of what is being called “digital epidemiology” to provide evidence-based decision-making for our public health agencies.
What exceptions, if any, should exist with respect to the collection, use and disclosure of anonymized and de-identified information?
My hope is that coming out of this study, we'll have some prescriptive recommendations from this committee that will perhaps provide guardrails.
I'll give you another example. I presented in a notice of motion the idea of better understanding privacy impact assessments, and how the government processes the balance of those two considerations, when moving forward for the public interest.