Information & Ethics committee  As far as the police are concerned, I think those two examples would be the most important ones. As for “crime”, I would qualify that and say “serious crime”. I'm not sure that facial recognition should be used for common theft, for instance, given the risks of the use of facial

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  In fact, I think that's one of the lessons we can learn from how the technology has been used in recent years. We have to put a stop to self-regulation by companies, and those in the surveillance field deserve particular attention. Generally speaking, elected representatives need

Information & Ethics committee  It's clear that we are greatly concerned about Palantir's practices, but as we haven't investigated the company, I don't feel comfortable commenting about it.

Information & Ethics committee  As the authorities on protecting information, we believe that we will have a role to play in protecting personal data. However, facial recognition brings other rights into play, such as the right to equality in cases of discrimination against certain groups, and also democratic r

Information & Ethics committee  The RCMP is saying that the Privacy Act does not explicitly require it to verify the legality of the practices of its private sector contractors. It is true that the Privacy Act does not explicitly say that. We are of the view that a correct interpretation of that law is that the

Information & Ethics committee  Exactly.

Information & Ethics committee  Clearview has stated to us that they have left the Canadian market. They are not offering their services at this point to anyone in Canada.

Information & Ethics committee  Today I, along with provincial and territorial commissioners, have made a number of recommendations to amend the law. I think it should be done urgently, because the risks are very important. It starts with better laws. Until such time as laws are amended, we have issued guidan

Information & Ethics committee  No, but we should look at this as an institutional issue. I would tend to look at it through the eyes of the institution, rather than in terms of individuals. We've made recommendations for the RCMP to improve its processes, but I'm not aware of any sanctions.

Information & Ethics committee  Personally, I am not. Perhaps some of my colleagues at the OPC are aware of it. We can provide information if we have any.

Information & Ethics committee  If we have information, we'll provide it.

Information & Ethics committee  Possibly. I haven't thought about the exact pieces of legislation that need to be amended. As I responded in answering an earlier question from Ms. Hepfner, I think we need to start from a principles base, augmented with a few provisions to ensure that general principles cannot

Information & Ethics committee  It is conceivable that warrants may be required in some cases. When we recommend that legislation define “allowable” and “prohibited” uses, we have in mind categories of circumstances, such as serious crime, however parliamentarians may want to define it. It's that kind of thing.

Information & Ethics committee  Our starting point as commissioners—me and my provincial and territorial colleagues—is that the law should ultimately define “allowable” and “prohibited” circumstances for the use of FRT, facial recognition. That's because we are of the view that there are compelling circumstance