Information & Ethics committee  We're a Canadian organization. It's the first for us.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, absolutely. It is an irreversible process, meaning that there is no going back afterwards. Several years ago, available technology made it possible to swirl the face, but people did find a way to unswirl it and identify the individual. Now, however, we use a technology that

Information & Ethics committee  We've had zero complaints, none, not a single one. We've had a few people use the mechanism to give us suggestions, which I found pretty amusing, and many of them were good suggestions actually. So that was nice. But as for complaints, we've had none to date.

Information & Ethics committee  I'll try to answer that. Indeed, we are a business, so there has to be an ultimate commercial purpose. People's silhouette appearing on our blurred images is an accident. We are not taking people's photos for commercial reasons. Actually, we don't want them in the photo. That i

Information & Ethics committee  Perhaps I could give part of the answer. I'm going to switch to English, if you don't mind, so I don't mix up my vocabulary. When you innovate, you always enter new territories, which creates questions and sometimes fears. After years of Google's Street View around the planet

Information & Ethics committee  I totally concur with Mr. Lister's statement. I would just add that in the case of shelters, which is a very sensitive case, we thought a lot about what we could do to go even further. We realized that, first of all, we have complete blurring, so privacy is guaranteed, but that i

Information & Ethics committee  Perhaps I could answer that question first. If you don't mind, I would like to come back to your previous question. I think you are right: the term “mapping” is really quite passé. Now we talk about a total immersive experience, which is much more powerful than simply showing ma

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, of course. In terms of legislation, we have looked at it at a number of different levels, starting with legal support from major Canadian firms, to be sure that we were complying with the law. Earlier, we talked about our active communication with all privacy commissioners.

Information & Ethics committee  In fact, I now clearly have their approval, because we know they are using that information for their own purposes as well.

Information & Ethics committee  I believe so.

Information & Ethics committee  I am no legal expert, but I believe it has.

Information & Ethics committee  There is no doubt that technology changes quickly and that legislation does not always keep pace. Right now, we are talking about laws that were passed long before streeting and the Internet.

Information & Ethics committee  As a result, there are a few imitations. At the same time, I think these laws were drafted based on common sense, for the most part, and we try to apply that common sense in our everyday activities. I think that is quite a reasonable approach. My sense is that what Google and Ca

Information & Ethics committee  That is something you may want to consider, but I know that in our case, it has not slowed us down.

Information & Ethics committee  It is more than that.