Prof. Teresa Scassa at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On May 29th, 2020. See this statement in context.

May 29th, 2020 / 3:40 p.m.

Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, University of Ottawa, As an Individual

Prof. Teresa Scassa

Yes, I do. These are laws that were drafted at a time when we collected far less data and did far fewer things with data. They were written for a very different type of environment.

We are in a data-driven society. We need laws that are adapted to it.

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