Proposed section 39 facilitates a pipeline of data between the industry and the public sector. The government can prescribe any purpose or public entity as “socially beneficial” and consumers would never know to question it until issues emerge. We remind everyone of Telus giving PHAC cellphone data information in 2021.
Artificial intelligence, AI, simply is rocket fuel for discrimination. The AIDA portion of this bill lacks substance on bias, systemic harms, high impact systems and government applicability, and denies independent oversight.
The proposed tribunal is purpose-built to kill enforcement of the new act. It enables businesses to prolong the resolution process with a soon-to-be captured review board akin to the Competition Tribunal. It delays to the point of death any class action. The Privacy Commissioner, instead, should have the power to issue orders and penalties, with decisions subject to appeal before the Federal Court.