Information & Ethics committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. My name is Kevin Chan, and I am here today with my colleague Neil Potts. We are both global policy directors at Facebook. The Internet has transformed how billions of people live, work and connect with each other. Companies such as Facebook have

Information & Ethics committee  In terms of privacy we very clearly understand our important responsibility as custodians of people's data and the need for us to do better. That is why, since 2014, we have taken significant measures to drastically reduce the amount of data that third party applications can acce

Information & Ethics committee  Neil, you're closer to this, but my understanding is that the video in question has been slowed down. Is that what this is?

Information & Ethics committee  Given that the commissioner has indicated that he will be taking this to Federal Court, we're somewhat limited in what we can say, but what I can share with you is that—

Information & Ethics committee  I'm going to continue with what I can share with you, which is that we actually have been working quite hard in the last few months to arrive at a resolution and a path forward with the Privacy Commissioner of Canada—

Information & Ethics committee  I think we were in a conversation about how we could get to the objectives that we all seek.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't.... If I may, I just want to share a bit more, because I am limited in what I can say—

Information & Ethics committee  I think we are undertaking a significant effort to reimagine what communications services will look like online. I think there have been a lot of interesting things written, not just by folks at the company but around the world. We do see a trend line such that people are increas

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, we fully support GDPR.

Information & Ethics committee  It's certainly the practice that we have now. I hesitate at the word “ban” because there's a broad range of services that might be used in that specific context that make sense.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm sorry. Could you repeat the question just to make sure I understand?

Information & Ethics committee  That's a very interesting question of public policy. I think, presumably, certain—

Information & Ethics committee  These are complex issues, sir, as you can appreciate, and if you would allow me, I would just like to say a few more words with regard to this because it is complicated. I think it's clear that competition policies and privacy policies are quite different. I suspect that data pr

Information & Ethics committee  I see. I'm sorry. I understand more clearly what you're saying.

Information & Ethics committee  You're absolutely right that data protection...that we should treat privacy as a foundational cornerstone of the digital economy.