Justice committee  I was being very specific about YouTube, because that's somewhere that people consciously upload to our platform. In “search” we apply similar processes, but they have to be broader. We are just providing answers to questions that are posed to us by users about specific instances

Justice committee  Thank you, Chair. Thank you to all members of the committee for the opportunity to speak with you today. I don't mind the delay. It's the business of Parliament, and I'm just happy to be a part of it today. As the chair just mentioned, my name is Colin McKay, and I'm the head

Information & Ethics committee  We think the GDPR provides a strong framework for a conversation around the world on what extended privacy protections would look like. The question is how it adapts to local jurisdictions, and also reflects the political and social background of each of those jurisdictions.

Information & Ethics committee  We've already made a broad and detailed statement about the need for increased work on privacy regulation. It was last fall. It builds on a lot of the work around the development of GDPR. I'm just being careful, because I recognize that, around the table, there are many differen

Information & Ethics committee  This is a challenge we've recognized since the early days of implementing machine learning in our products, and it's one of the reasons we came out over a year ago with a very clear set of principles around how we will use artificial intelligence in our products. We certainly un

Information & Ethics committee  I have a twofold response to that. First, as my colleague, Mr. Slater, mentioned, we work very hard to make sure the policies and guidelines around all of our products apply to circumstances in those countries as well as what we might describe as more developed or more stable co

Information & Ethics committee  I think it's an exaggeration of the situation, but it reflects social pressures and a recognition that there is an increasing worry about the data that's collected about individuals.

Information & Ethics committee  We have a pretty clear relationship with our users about what information we collect and what we use it for. We secure consent for the information that we use.

Information & Ethics committee  I think in the broad circumstance you just described around people using the Internet, we're not collecting information about people. We're measuring behaviour and we're measuring.... Sorry, that's the wrong term. I can hear the chuckle. We're measuring how people act on the In

Information & Ethics committee  We have two regulatory mechanisms in Canada, one for competition and one for data protection. This was highlighted in the government's recent digital charter. They've both been identified for review over the next year and that's a process where I think we can discuss that balance

Information & Ethics committee  With the few seconds we have left, I have an observation. Both in Ireland and in Canada, we found ourselves in a position where we were seeing uncertainty in what we could guarantee to the electorate. We wanted to make sure we had a strict framework around how we were serving adv

Information & Ethics committee  At the moment, we're focusing on providing services that both fulfill and anticipate the needs of our users.

Information & Ethics committee  I think we're working very hard to demonstrate to our users and to regulators that we bring value to the marketplace and to our users. They have a clear understanding—whether they're using our maps in signed-in or incognito mode, whether they're using Gmail, or whether they're us

Information & Ethics committee  As we outlined in our opening remarks, we look for international standards that are applicable across a variety of social, cultural and economic frameworks. We look for principle-driven frameworks, particularly in data protection. That has been the history with GDPR as well as th

Information & Ethics committee  If you don't mind, Mr. Erskine-Smith, I'll respond as the privacy expert.