Feds haven’t consulted privacy commissioner on contact-tracing app details

Although there have been high-level talks with his office, as the government discusses with app developers, Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien says he hasn’t heard any of the finer points.

Federal Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien at a press conference in 2017. Mr. Therrien said the government should consult with his office before launching a contact-tracing app. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY AIDAN CHAMANDY

May 6, 2020

Despite the first Canadian contact-tracing app, ABTraceTogether, launching in Alberta on May 1 and being downloaded by tens of thousands of residents, federal Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien's office has not yet been contacted by the federal government on "the details of contacting tracing." "...

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