Don’t be so quick to sign away privacy rights in the face of the pandemic

The rapid shift toward automating a core public health function involving sensitive health data in the midst of a global emergency should give Canadians pause.

According to a recent Leger poll, Canadians rated their trust in public health officials, like chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam, at 81 per cent. It’s vital that Canada not squander the public’s high level of trust in public health officials, writes Natasha Tusikov.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NATASHA TUSIKOV

May 6, 2020

In a recent Washington Post op-ed, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared data is “a new superpower” to counter the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically “the ability to gather and share...

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