Information & Ethics committee  Yes, I have a number of questions in mind. I would be curious to know what the company thinks about the information it provides its users for effectively protecting their privacy. Is that something they feel is important? Do they think the confidentiality policy available online

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you.

Information & Ethics committee  There is much to be done, and many avenues can be taken to address this issue in a way I deem satisfactory. First and foremost, I think we need an early educational strategy. By early, I mean as soon as children start elementary school. That is fundamental. We need a strategy wh

Information & Ethics committee  I think Canadian public authorities should establish some requirements, but they could provide certain benefits to balance things out. First, a secure environment would be needed. We do expect companies to actively protect their users' personal information. In return, Canadian pu

Information & Ethics committee  I will respond by saying I should not be answering that question—users should. In my presentation, I stressed the importance of giving users more of a voice so that we can hear them better. If that suggestion is clearly expressed by users, Canadian regulatory authorities will at

Information & Ethics committee  Currently, that is not entirely possible. The information shared on that platform also ends up in thousands of different accounts. It is very difficult to establish traceability. For instance, if someone posts a photograph online, and it is downloaded by 15 of their friends, it w

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not sure I understand the question clearly.

Information & Ethics committee  I mostly wanted to say that I think corners should not be cut. Notwithstanding the discourse of the industry—which has a very clear problem in terms of privacy protection—currently, our main concern in Canada is the lack of a national standards framework within which businesses

Information & Ethics committee  My answer has two parts. The first is transparency. I urge you, please, to reread Facebook's privacy policy. Reading that policy will not provide you with any answers to the most difficult questions we are currently facing. So there is a problem with transparency. Social media s

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you for your question. The first thing the charter would do is create expectations. I think the industry would like that. Very clear expectations would be created for the industry, along with a framework establishing parameters for what we consider to be normal and usual p

Information & Ethics committee  With pleasure. We feel the main problem is that there are so many policies on the confidentiality of personal information, sometimes on the same social media site and among platforms. Within a single site, like Facebook, dozens and dozens of different applications are offered.

Information & Ethics committee  The first point would be to have very clear incentives from Canadian public authorities so that the large operators of social media sites who do business in Canada develop this mechanism on their own. You let sites and the businesses that operate these sites determine the mechani

Information & Ethics committee  That is at the heart of the problem. You are absolutely right. It's extremely difficult, if only because of the volume of data being exchanged and the extensive use of the media today to adopt a perspective that allows us to manage everything. I think what we need, first and fore

Information & Ethics committee  There are three points I would like to make. First, there has to be a fundamental change in attitude, meaning, we need to stop seeing privacy protection as an expenditure for social media sites and other organizations. Protecting the privacy of Canadians is a long-term investmen

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, fine. To conclude, there are basically six risks and pitfalls associated with disclosing personal information on social media sites: psychological and sexual violence, particularly targeting minors; cyberbullying, particularly targeting adolescents; re-identification, meani