A highly consequential BC court decision, more than a year in the making, just came down: “The ability of an individual to control their personal information is intimately connected to their individual autonomy, dignity and privacy. These fundamental values lie at the heart of

Delighted to have produced this brochure for FUTURUMCareers on data driven elections and democracy. Designed for young people and their teachers. Worked with former students Oduro-Marfo🇬🇭 and Jesse Gordon. futurumcareers.com/Colin-Bennett-…

Terrific analysis by Teresa Scassa of the recent BC Supreme Court ruling on federal political parties and privacy. teresascassa.ca/index.php?opti…

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B.C. voter data complainant calls out microtargeting, as parties mum on next steps after court loss. By Ian Campbell #cdnpoli buff.ly/3Kzt26x (subs)

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🚨BREAKING: new OpenMedia report reveals at LEAST 91 companies in Canada collecting & using your voter data– with almost NO oversight. #cdnpoli #privacy #dataprivacy 1/5 openmedia.org/article/item/o…

Proud to have worked on new Council of Europe guidelines on privacy and voter authentication/ registration. Critical as more and more countries introduce biometrics into elections. coe.int/en/web/portal/…

An overview of the digital bills currently pending before the Canadian Parliament, at risk of falling off the order paper if the current government is defeated or prorogues Parliament. youtu.be/xfyCls97uwE

Terrific summary by David T.S. Fraser of current digital bills before Parliament and those that might, won't and/or shouldn't pass before next Canadian election.

Statement by the Privacy Commissioner following release of committee report on the federal government’s use of technological tools capable of extracting personal data from mobile devices and computers. priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/sp…

Join us on Wednesday, October 30, at 7 p.m. EDT for the next Virtual Forum Series Event: Should Hate Speech Be Dealt with Through Human Rights Law? w/ Birju Dattani, Emily Laidlaw, @richard__moon, and Faisal Bhabha co-sponsors: OpenMedia pencanada buff.ly/3Y0CAxH

Just want to say that I missed my late colleague Norman Ruff of UVic PoliSci during the #BCelection2024 Nobody on any channel IMHO equalled Norman's unparalleled knowledge and analytical abilities

No BC voters are not "divided" -- the political parties are divided. And our stupid electoral system forces the parties to be adversarial and voters to choose between the lesser of two evils. If ever there was a time for PR it is now!

Our special issue on Data Driven Campaigning has been published open access and has an incredible collection of articles from Dr Esmeralda Bon Rachel Gibson Travis Ridout Erika FranklinFowler Linn Sandberg Anamaria Dutceac Segesten Fabio Votta📊🐧 Sophie Minihold Sophie Lecheler & others! cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommun…

Despite growing tensions in the House of Commons, the Liberals, Tories, and NDP filed identical arguments on Oct. 9 in an ongoing legal saga over the use of voters' personal data. #cdnpoli buff.ly/4hsFrbj

🎤 Pleased to announce our #VIPSS25 emcees: Suzanne L. Morin (Sun Life) & Drew McArthur (The McArthur Consulting Group)! Join us in Victoria, March 12-13, 2025. Register: vipss.ca #PrivacySummit #Cybersecurity #AITransformation

"If you're at work, do it now and see what happens..." James O'Brien has a challenge for anyone that doesn't think Elon Musk performed a Nazi salute at the inauguration.

Yeh, that's the final straw. Just opened an account on bsky.app Hope to see you all there.

Now on bluesky and increasing number of posts about privacy and digital policy. Disappointed not to find the privacy commissioners over there. Network effects! OPC OIPC BC Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario