Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to thank the committee for inviting us to be here. I'm the president and CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada. Rachel is our director of research and public policy. We're excited to be here to present as part of the study on PIPEDA. We're plea

Information & Ethics committee  I actually think there's an interesting piece in that question, which asks whether it is actually technically feasible, because we know there are things like the Internet archives that collect and archive pieces. But I don't think that should prohibit us from attempting to do wh

Information & Ethics committee  Sure, but I can tell you that we haven't spent the time on getting as in-depth or nuanced a view as my colleague's, which I find quite interesting, because things such as the Equifax hacks concern me. I don't think people knew their data was being used in those ways. It's exact

Information & Ethics committee  We've seen it on sites, especially for Internet providers that are in compliance. If parental consent is required, there is an email verification, an age check, and a check-in by creating an adult account alongside a youth account, with teacher and educator accounts alongside you

Information & Ethics committee  Part of that is very club-to-club specific. It can vary, but generally speaking, in most of the clubs, personal devices, especially for young kids, are to be put away while they're in the club. The use of any other access to the Internet is done under supervision. There are tech

Information & Ethics committee  That's interesting. We haven't taken a specific position on that, but I would say, absolutely. We try to provide education to kids of all ages throughout the process, as they become more adept online, and ensure that, just like learning to cross the street safely, this is another

Information & Ethics committee  I can't honestly say we've considered that at this point.

Information & Ethics committee  I guess I'll start. We haven't thought about what the penalties would be. I'll be quite honest; that hasn't been our area of thought process. We have seen this in two ways in the U.S. To ensure compliance, there have been sweeps from time to time of the sites that would be the

Information & Ethics committee  I would just add that the problem is that young people check the box without recognition of.... I'll give you the opposite example, which is that I think, as an adult, many of us feel guilty for not having read all the terms and conditions, at least for a split second before we c

Information & Ethics committee  We haven't really thought deeply about it.

Information & Ethics committee  I've been CEO of an online fundraising company, and I can tell you that, technically, it's entirely possible to erase a file. The engineers who handle the coding can add an option or something else to the server. It's entirely possible.

Information & Ethics committee  It's also a question of employability. As we know, teens are forming their personalities. The same thing happens when an adult makes a decision. The young person wonders who he is, what he wants to study or what job he wants to have. I think it's very important. So the answer is

Information & Ethics committee  Exactly.

Information & Ethics committee  It's a good question. For us, we have found that most fundamentally they need information frequently and often about good practice. That information exists, by the way. It is out there. I think there needs to be more resources put behind ensuring.... There was a conversation abou

Information & Ethics committee  I don't know that I'm aware of the specific curriculum piece in Quebec, but we're seeing that every jurisdiction, especially in its curriculum, has come up with different approaches to this. That's part of why we've advocated for some federal leadership, because we're finding tha