Information & Ethics committee  No, we have no knowledge of any such collection nor of any intention to collect Wi-Fi radio signals or payload data. We have no knowledge of that.

Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Chair, we received, as did all data protection authorities, notice from Google in April 2010 that they had intended to collect and were collecting publicly broadcast Wi-Fi radio signals. This was with a view to enhancing its location-based services in order to pick up and to

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  I'll answer the first question, with your permission, Mr. Chairman, and then I'll ask my colleague to answer the member's second question. First, was it crazy to say there was a mistake? Yes. Should that mistake have been prevented? Yes. Had Google adopted procedures to ensure s

Information & Ethics committee  Well, it varies. Even in Europe, it varies from one jurisdiction to another. Her powers under PIPEDA do vary from those of commissioners who have powers to impose fines, for instance. The model under PIPEDA has worked well to date. She has used all the powers available to her i

Information & Ethics committee  It is less than in some other jurisdictions, yes.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you for that question. Mr. Chair, I will address it in three subparts. The first was a question as to whether or not we are confident that Google will be implementing the recommendations. We have not received any official response from Google. We have read the newspapers

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you very much. It's indeed a privilege to be here. We thank you for inviting us to appear before you as you conclude, I believe, your study on street-level imaging technology. We're here to assist you in any way we can. I'm Patricia Kosseim, general counsel. As the chair a

Information & Ethics committee  There are several examples. One is a case where the personal information of prison guards got into the hands of inmates. But to remedy that situation of wrongful disclosure of information under the Privacy Act, there was no possibility of recourse to the Federal Court under that

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Certainly the challenge of dealing with federal, provincial, and territorial realities is a real one, and we commend the leadership of Infoway for the great work they do in that area. From a regulatory perspective, juggling those different regulatory fra

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  The Privacy Commissioner is involved when personal information on a third party is collected during an investigation by the Privacy Commissioner on a much broader subject. In both cases, there are provisions, in Bill C-2 and in the current legislation, that can protect some infor