Information & Ethics committee  With regard to your first question, Mrs. Davidson, I don't see why privacy protection and innovation can't both exist. I think you may even have technologies develop in relation to the provision of privacy and keeping information secure. Technology was a booming industry prior to

Information & Ethics committee  That was the point I was trying to stress before. If there is a primary entity by which the information is entered or shared and there are a bunch of sub-organizations taking care of that data—I think you had referred to a data warehousing company or a brokerage—how do you have a

Information & Ethics committee  Personally, I guess I would take issue with the description of these services as being free. I think that the archiving and monitoring of information that's provided by users is what provides the monetary benefit to the companies. I would shudder to think of what the value of the

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, Mr. Angus. Thank you for recognizing that point. I tried to make that an integral part of the final portion of my presentation. The reason I did that is this. If we develop laws or we call on the Privacy Commissioner to enforce very real consequences, if the user has agree

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, Mr. Angus, I appreciate your classification of dichotomy. I do think that the Privacy Commissioner deals with these issues every day. I think the deference that could be given to the Privacy Commissioner's ability to solve these matters would be inside her area of expertise.

Information & Ethics committee  Coming back to the simplicity of the picture example, I would have concerns about unforeseen uses of data that can potentially occur. The general rule is that once you've shared information on the Internet, it's difficult to guarantee that you'll have any right of retrieving that

Information & Ethics committee  That's a subject for a very lengthy debate on which we could canvass. I had at first thought about studies just like this one. I also had thought about reaching out to industry as one way to do it, and to see different ways that they could allow for people's privacy. I guess wh

Information & Ethics committee  The choice of jurisdiction clause is something that should be boiled down to simply saying that [Technical difficulty--Editor] afforded to you in Canada may not exist should you choose to enter into the service. Facebook at one point was criticized, as our earlier witness state

Information & Ethics committee  That is a complex issue. I think that the primary terms that affect the change should be reduced.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Andrews. I can't speak specifically to their activities in other countries. The Facebook class action was a worthwhile exercise, during which we had developed changes in response to the different treatment that Facebook had of user data. I have

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, I do. First of all, the privacy commissioner performs an essential role. There is the question as to whether you would give more powers to the privacy commissioner or you would lead to a hybrid sort of judicial model where you're describing different statutes and codificat

Information & Ethics committee  Just to chime in, yes, you would obviously receive my consent to the terms and conditions that a user would agree are more straightforward and simple. I guess it becomes difficult for users to provide consent potentially to unseen or unforeseen uses of data, for example, facial

Information & Ethics committee  Very good. Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Jason Zushman and I am a lawyer practising law in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and honourable members. I am humbled to be asked to speak with you this afternoon with regard to privacy and social media. I look forward