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Information & Ethics committee Yes, I think they probably spend more time than any of us on thinking about this.
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Jennifer Stoddart
Information & Ethics committee Yes. I'm on record as having fairly strong views on the powers of the commissioner. Since my retirement I've gone on to say that today I am very convinced that the Privacy Commissioner of Canada should get out of the business of investigating every complaint that comes to his or
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Jennifer Stoddart
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Jennifer Stoddart
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Jennifer Stoddart
Information & Ethics committee In Ontario, under provincial law, there was $160,000 recently given for damage to reputation.
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Jennifer Stoddart
Information & Ethics committee I think we should look with interest on the work that will come out of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, just because they have a lot of expertise and a lot of input. I think what's interesting is what is being done in the European Union. If I understand it correctly, cert
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Jennifer Stoddart
Information & Ethics committee I can begin to answer. I would say that the answer is no. We are looking at a lot of constitutional challenges. There is less of a risk regarding the right to be forgotten and the right to freedom of expression than there is regarding federal initiatives concerning children. Gen
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Jennifer Stoddart
Information & Ethics committee I am going to ask the current practitioner to answer your question.
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Jennifer Stoddart
Information & Ethics committee I am dated.
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Jennifer Stoddart
Information & Ethics committee I forget what your first one was, but my views have definitely changed. They changed during the time I was Privacy Commissioner. This is a fast-changing world, so what I'm concerned about now is what I talked to you about here in very broad terms. Some of these issues have been
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Jennifer Stoddart
Information & Ethics committee First of all, with great respect, honourable member, I don't think the air will be clear on this for probably a generation.
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Jennifer Stoddart
Information & Ethics committee Yes, I know. I hate to put such a damper on your observations, but I think we have to put this into perspective. As I said, the right to be forgotten does exist in Canadian law. The easiest parallel to it in law of common law origin is a pardon. A pardon, I think, still exists
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Jennifer Stoddart
Information & Ethics committee Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon everyone. I'm honoured to be invited here. Being a retired person, I don't have a formal presentation, so I hope you will bear with me. There are some handouts, which are notes on which I based my remarks. I've read the transcrip
March 23rd, 2017Committee meeting
Jennifer Stoddart
Information & Ethics committee We broadened the rights of citizens to requests to know about different treatments of their personal information in the hands of government. Before our committee's work, they could only refer to the commissioner at very limited times. The commissioner could not do his own audit
May 31st, 2016Committee meeting
Jennifer Stoddart
Information & Ethics committee Can you give us an example like the Standards Council of Canada?
May 31st, 2016Committee meeting
Jennifer Stoddart