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This Page Contains Select Documentation Highlights and Reports Available From Our Previous Seminars:
Privacy, Security and Technology – Affirming Our Rights
Presented March 31, 2008
Introduction, documentation follows:
The focus of this privacy seminar is on the issues of security and technology and how they impact or enhance current privacy issues. These issues are directly related to the federal Privacy Act and accentuate the need for change by Parliament to take into account the major changes technologies and security are having on our privacy. Privacy laws are the walls that protect individuals against a possibly intrusive society. These laws have met, to some degree, the expectations of protection from outside sources using one’s personal information. In our growing surveillance society the walls between the private and the public are beginning to crumble. More and more organizations, governments included, now know more about individuals than ever before in history.
Privacy has over the past twenty years and more become a major issue internationally. The rise of intrusive technologies, the capacity of databases to store gigabytes of information and the Internet has resulted in a surge in awareness about the importance of privacy. Privacy and technology are linked in the public's mind. It must be recognized, however, that current and emerging information technologies are vital to how public organizations will have to operate in this time of evolutionary change and the continuous emergence of new technologies. Information technology is neutral in its capabilities. It can be used to invade personal privacy or to protect it. The key is the intent of the organizations in applying it. There is a tremendous expectation on the part of the citizenry that governments and public agencies will act in ways that both enhance programs and services and better protect personal privacy. Thus, it is fair to say that technologies normally follow program directions and it is public policy, as much as technology that needs to be influenced from a privacy protection perspective. However, it is important to understand the technology and how it can influence privacy protection for both good and ill. It is essential to deal with the issues around privacy that include the security of information and data online and offline. A central privacy issue is the importance of technologies that enhance online privacy and ensure that individuals’ personal privacy is protected.
Knowledgeable experts in the areas of privacy, technology and security in government, the academic world and the private sector, will discuss and debate these issues that are driving current privacy concerns.
Schedule
of the Seminar and Training Session
Presented March 31, 2008
Minto Suites Hotel Hotel, Vanier Room 185 Lyon Street, North, Ottawa
Highlights from the March 31, 2008 Seminar
Privacy,
Security and Technology: The Future of Privacy
Ken Anderson, Assistant Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Information and
Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
Nothing personal: A De-identification and Re-identification Policy
(PowerPoint)
Philippe Tousignant, Senior Policy Advisor /Access to Information and Privacy Division Corporate Services Branch, Health Canada
Privacy and Confidentiality
(PowerPoint)
Jean-Louis Tambay, Statistics Canada
Video Surveillance: any
deterrence value? (PDF)
Murray Long, Publisher Privacy Scan
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Khaled El Emam, PhD, University of Ottawa, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair
Privacy and Technology: Enhancing Privacy or Not?
(PDF)
Michael Turner, E-government Strategies, Ottawa
Privacy and Security: Challenges to achieving the balance
(PowerPoint)
Kris Klein, L.L.B, Privacy Consultant and Lawyer
Can you Ever be Secure?
(PowerPoint 3.5 mb)
Brian O’Higgins, Third Brigade (Wireless Security), Ottawa
Riley Information Services would like to thank all those that attended our seminar on March 31, 2008.
A detailed conference report on the seminar: "Access to Information: The Next Challenges" is available in the October 2007 Riley Report.
PowerPoint presentations from the seminar "Access to Information: The Next Challenges" can be found below.
Access
to Information:
The Next Challenges
Presented September 24, 2007
Introduction, documentation follows:
The
Federal Access to Information Act has been in operation for twenty-four years.
During that time there have been two major reviews of the legislation,
and calls for change from practitioners, access advocates, business groups,
academics and journalists who are concerned about the legislation as it stands.
Last year the government put forth extensive amendments to the Access
to Information Act (ATIA) as part of the Federal
Accountability Act. The
amendments to the ATIA included
extending the law to all parent Crown Corporations and their wholly owned
subsidiaries, agents of Parliament, and five foundations.
The agents of Parliament and foundations came under the Act on April 1,
2007 and the Crown corporations and subsidiaries will come under the law as of
September 1.
Accountability is a key principle required across all
government departments and related institutions.
This seminar will be especially useful to all the new institutions that
have been brought under the umbrella of the Access Act and will assess the
impacts of these changes. In
addition, there will be a debate regarding the proposed changes to the Act,
which have yet to be passed by Parliament.
Such reforms are long overdue as no substantial changes to the Act have
been made since its inception in 1983. This
event is part of the Right to Know week, which is now celebrated in many
countries and jurisdictions around the world.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES PROPOSED
There is still the question as to the degree to which the act will be further changed and what impact this might have on both government and the public. This seminar will take an in-depth approach to the proposed changes. There will be speakers from the legal and private sector and from government, bringing users and the access community together and creating an opportunity for dialogue and exchange between the speakers and the delegates on the extensive changes possibly to come. How are all these trends converging and what are the implications for access coordinators and professionals in the field? Target audiences for this event are federal access coordinators across the country, federal and provincial access to information commissioners and their staffs, policy makers, departmental offices within the public service, and users of access laws, including businesses, academic institutions, associations, NGOs and the media. This seminar will prove invaluable not only to current coordinators but to new coordinators who will be needed in the Crown corporations coming under the scope of the legislation.
Schedule
of the Seminar and Training Session
Presented September 24, 2007
Westin Hotel, 11 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa
Highlights from the September 24, 2007 Seminar
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Robert Marleau, Information Commissioner of CanadaWhat are the implications of proposed changes to Access to Information?
David Brown, Public Policy Forum and Carleton UniversityAccess to Information – The Next Challenge: Fees
Joan Mann ATI Coordinator Canada Post Corporation“Good Intentions and Unintended Consequences” The Fed AA and the ATI Act
Sean Moore, Partner / Public Policy Advisor, Gowling Lafleur Henderson5 MAIN FACTORS TO CONSIDER FOR THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF AN ATIP OFFICE
Claudette Desormeaux, Office of Commissioner of Official LanguagesPanel on Access and Change: New Institutions
Suzanne Legault, Assistant Commissioner Policy, Communications and Operations,
Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
Presented Wednesday February 21, 2007
Introduction, documentation follows:
Privacy is now considered one of society's most important
values. The Federal Privacy Act has
been in operation for twenty-three years. During
this time span no legislative changes have been made to the law.
Arguments are being out forth by the Privacy Commissioner and privacy
experts that, given the changing climate in society, especially with the
evolution of new technologies and the ease with which people can steal other
people's identities or their personal information, changes to the law are
needed.
A recent polling survey indicated that the majority of
Canadians are concerned about their personal privacy. Concerns have been
expressed about how their personal information can get in the hands of people,
organizations and governments in other countries because of the array of
technologies that now make this possible. There
are many issues evolving in society that are having direct impacts on the
personal privacy of Canadians. Identity
theft, abuses of individual’s personal information, security laws and new
technologies, are just a few examples affecting privacy.
Canadians expect their government to ensure their safety and the security
of their personal information.
The conference will bring together a cross section of
public officials and experts to assess the efficacy of the current Act and what
is and is not needed in the way of reform.
The Federal Privacy Commissioner has been invited as a keynote speaker.
The central theme of this conference will address to what extent these expectations are being met and, if not, what needs to be done to strengthen the Privacy Act.
Schedule of the Seminar and Training Session
Presented Friday, February 21, 2007
Westin Hotel, 11 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa
Highlights from the February 21, 2007 Seminar
RECONSTRUCTING THE PRIVACY ACT
Jennifer Stoddart, Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Trends Influencing International Data Flows
Michael Power, Partner/Chief Privacy Officer, Gowling Lafleur Henderson, LLP
Criminalization of ID Theft: Social & Privacy Implications
Valerie Steeves, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa
Identity Theft
Pippa Lawson, Executive Director, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
Usability of User Authentication
Robert Biddle, PhD, Professor, Human Oriented Technology Carleton University
L(AWFUL) ACCESS
John Lawford, Counsel, Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Riley Information Services would like to thank all those that attended our seminar on February 21, 2007.
A
two-day Seminar
Presented Friday, September 25 and 26, 2006
Introduction, documentation follows:
This
two-day conference is part of the Right to Know Week, inspired by Canada's
federal and provincial information and privacy commissioners across Canada.
Provincial Commissioners and other organizations will be holding similar
events across the country.
The
Federal Access to Information Act has been in operation for twenty-three years.
Since its inception there have been two major reviews of the legislation,
and calls for change from practitioners, access advocates, business groups,
academics and journalists who are concerned about the legislation as it stands.
The new government has put forth extensive amendments to the Access
to Information Act (ATIA) as part of the proposed Federal
Accountability Act now before
Parliament. The proposed amendments to the ATIA
include extending the law to parent Crown Corporations, agents of Parliament,
and three foundations to be created by federal statute.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
PROPOSED
The question is the degree to which the act will be changed and what impact will it have on both government and the public. This seminar will take an in-depth approach to the proposed changes. There will be a diversity of speakers from the private sector and from government, bringing users and the access community together and creating an opportunity for dialogue and exchange between the speakers and the delegates on the extensive changes being proposed to the law.
Schedule of the Seminar and Training Session
Presented Friday, September 25 and 26, 2006
Westin Hotel, 11 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa
Highlights from the September 25 and 26, 2006 Seminar
Access and Preservation: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Ian E. Wilson, Librarian and Archivist CanadaThere's No Accountability without Transparency: But can governments resist the temptation to control the past? (PDF)
Anne Kothawala, President and CEO, Canadian Newspaper AssociationTHE ACCESS ACT AND NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES: THE IMPLICATIONS
Michael Turner, E-Government Strategies, OttawaTHE ACCESS ACT: WHAT DO THE REFORMS MEAN?
Michael Turner, E-Government Strategies, OttawaACCESS AND CHANGE: NEW INSTITUTIONS (PPT)
Gilles Gaignery, Coordinator, Access to Information and Privacy, National Capital CommissionSTRENGTHENING THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT (ATIA): A Discussion of Ideas Intrinsic to the Reform of the ATIA (PDF)
Paper from the Federal Government of Canada
e-Government Performance Measurement
Riley Information Services Inc. and Hillwatch Inc. offered a two day seminar and training workshop on May 1st and 2nd, 2006, entitled "e-Government Performance Measurement". To read the complete brochure please click here.
To register online for the two day seminar and training workshop click here. (Registration closed)
Access
to Information: Analyzing the
State of the Law
Schedule
of the Seminar and Training Session
Presented Thursday, September 8, 2005
Westin Hotel, 11 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa
Introduction, documentation follows:
Following are some papers and remarks from speakers who
addressed the Access to Information Act: Analyzing the State of the Law. The
Seminar was held on September 8, 2005, at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa. The
event was produced and organized by Riley Information Services Inc. and
cosponsored by the Canadian Newspaper Association.
The word document is from the presentation by Jim Bronskill of Canadian Press and the PDF document is the speech made by the keynote afternoon speaker, Michel Drapeau.
This PDF
document contains the text of the
speech of the Information Commissioner John Reid, who was our opening speaker.
HEALTH
INFORMATION PRIVACY:
Presented Friday, September 17, 2004
Introduction, documentation follows:
Many
provinces are developing health privacy laws.
Ontario's Health Information Protection Act, 2004 has been passed by the provincial legislature, given Royal Assent, and comes into effect on November 1st., 2004.
There are a multitude of issues arising in the field of health privacy, which will be discussed and debated by Privacy Commissioners, privacy experts and health professionals in this one-day seminar. The issues of consent, patient access to records, what medical doctors can and cannot do under the new law, the question of fund raising, how research information can or cannot be used if an individual's name can be determined, are just of few of the issues that are the subject of intense debate.
The afternoon sessions will deal specifically with the Ontario Personal Health Information Protection Act. This seminar is a must for health professionals, associations, chiropractors, physiotherapists, government personnel, health care practitioners and any organization in the medical field.
Schedule of the Seminar and Training Session
Presented Friday September 17, 2004
Westin Hotel, 11 Colonel By Drive, OttawaHighlights from the September 17, 2004 Seminar and Training Session
PIPEDA and the Health Care Sector (PowerPoint)
Carman Baggaley, Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner
Privacy Implications for the Interoperable EHR (PDF)
Dennis Giokas, Chief Technology Officer, Canada Health Infoway
Health Information Privacy: Federal and Provincial Issues - Assembling the Pieces (PowerPoint)
Anita D. Fineberg, Corporate Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, IMS Health, Canada and Latin America
Health Information Protection Act: A Major Step in Healthcare Privacy
Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of OntarioOntario's Health Information Protection Act: Examining the Issues (PowerPoint)
John Boufford, I.S.P., e-Privacy Management Systems Inc.
Camcorders in Hospital Hallways & Rooftops: Ontario's New "Privacy" Law (PowerPoint 1 mb)
Michael Yeo, PhD Associate Professor, Philosophy, Laurentian University
LIVING WITH NEW PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVACY LAW: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
A One Day Seminar and Training Session
Introduction, documentation follows:
Privacy
has now become a major issue in both the public and private sectors.
The relevance of privacy in Canadian life has been spurred on by the
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), which
applies to the private sector in Canada. This
law came into effect on January 1, 2001 and will be applicable to all
jurisdictions in Canada as of January 1, 2004 either through laws passed in the
provinces or under the federal legislation.
New
technologies are emerging as enhancers of privacy and have the possibility of
playing a significant role in how Canadians protect their privacy.
How does this relate to current privacy law requirements and how can
technology protect Canadians’ privacy?
This
one-day seminar will have practical sessions on implementation procedures of the
private sector legislation. It is a must for companies, associations and
organizations to understand what they need to do to comply with this
legislation.
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