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Facial Recognition Technology and Canadian Law Enforcement

A previous post dealt with facial recognition technology and its privacy implications. What some members of the class may be unaware of is that certain law enforcement agencies in Canada have begun to use facial recognition technology, and others are planning to implement it. Notably, the Calgary police department have been using facial recognition technology […]

Group Presentation: February 11th, 2020

Our group will be presenting on Wearable tech and data privacy. This will takes us through a few topics including ongoing trends and developments in the field as well as governing privacy legislation in a few prominent jurisdictions. In order to get a little bit of background on the general topic, feel free to take […]

Michael Geist interviews Janet Yale (Chair of the Broadcasting/Telecom Review Panel)

https://lawbytes.castos.com/podcasts/1553/episodes/episode-38-debating-the-broadcast-panel-report-a-conversation-with-btlr-panel-chair-janet-yale I found this to be a frustrating episode. – I don’t understand the choice to focus on Canadians having choice at the level of an individual online media provider. Why does choice of content and discoverability of Canadian content need to be satisfied within Facebook or within Netflix instead of on the internet generally? […]