Policy wonk, photographer, Torontonian. Formerly @citizenlab. He/him/his. Find me at @caparsons@mastodon.social
Toronto, ON
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🔊We are thrilled to announce that applications for our June 2023 Fellowships are now OPEN! 🔊
Between now and February 2nd, we are looking for early-career technologists who want impact tech policy and help Congress address critical issues.
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This @Concordia research project looked at privacy as it relates to central bank digital currency (#CBDC) projects and the conflicting views of key stakeholders: privacy-conscious digital currency users, data holders and law enforcement. priv.gc.ca/en/opc-actions-an…
ALT Completed Contributions Program Projects for the 2021-22 cycle: Privacy design landscape for central bank digital currency. Jeremy Clark from Concordia University.
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Supplementary Estimates (B), 2022-23 propose to increase CSE budget authority by $102 million, making total 2022-23 budget authority $930 million mstdn.ca/@billrobinson/10942…
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"The gov plans to provide further cybersecurity powers to the Communications Security Establishment.
But given that @cse_cst is impeding lawful review of its activities, we should hesitate before giving it more powers."
By @caparsons of @citizenlab. options-po.li/3Vu1LWc
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🧵 In June, The Netherlands announced it had detained a Russian spy, posing as a Brazilian just as he was about to start work for the ICC. Sent back to Brazil, he ended up sentenced to 15 years for using fraudulent documents. Russia now claims he's a drug dealer, not a spy...
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Today I released a report analysing Canada’s Bill C-26. The report, “Cybersecurity Will Not Thrive In Darkness: A Critical Analysis of Proposed Amendments in Bill C-26 to the Telecommunications Act” is available at: citizenlab.ca/2022/10/a-crit… #cdnpoli #cdnnatsec
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The @CSS_ETHZurich is looking to fill two Senior Researcher positions focusing on Conflict Management, Conflict Resolution or Violence Prevention. More here: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOPG_e…
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.@CRTCeng just issued this important interpretation of of user generated programs under #C11 after testifying to it before #CHPC in June.
@martchampoux #TRCM @friendscb @mivillej @Paulatics @MPJulian @AHousefather @RachaelThomasMP @Chris_Bittle
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Again, you can access the report at: citizenlab.ca/2022/11/a-crit…
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Presuming that the government declines to do this, then we hope that our proposed amendments might be considered/adopted to better protect individuals and communities. While important we recognize that our recommendations are only a start towards the necessary amendments to C-27.
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We believe that, frankly, this is legislation that should be withdrawn and re-written to reflect the need for privacy-related legislation that protects human rights and better safeguards collections, uses, and disclosures of personal and de-identified information.
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The report also calls on the 🇨🇦 government to meaningfully consult with Indigenous communities about how, and under what conditions, it might obtain information about their communities and community members, and calls for enhanced enforcement powers for the Privacy Commissioner.
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We, also, suggest amendments that would have the effect of imposing accountability requirements on government agencies who request or receive personal information from private organizations, and transparency requirements on private orgs that receive or respond to requests.
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Key is that, should consent not be required, then knowledge should always be available to those who’s information (de-identified or not) has been collected, used, or disclosed.
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We propose a total of 19 amendments that would mitigate the most problematic ways in which mobility information could be collected, used, or disclosed by private organizations, including to government agencies.
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When we juxtapose the aforementioned deficiencies against the proposed reforms in C-27, we find that the legislation would codify these deficiencies instead of correcting them and their associated harms.
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5. PIPEDA does not account for Indigenous data sovereignty nor account for Indigenous sovereignty principles in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which has been adopted by Canada.
6. PIPEDA generally lacks sufficient enforcement mechanisms.
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3. PIPEDA does not enable individuals or communities to substantively prevent harmful impacts of data sharing with the government.
4. PIPEDA lacks sufficient checks and balances to ensure that meaningful consent is obtained to collect, use, or disclose de-identified data.
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1. PIPEDA fails to adequately protect privacy interests at stake with de-identified & aggregated data despite risks that are associated with re-identification
2. PIPEDA lacks requirements that individuals be informed of how their data is de-identified or used for 2ndary purposes