How to dismantle a privacy bomb

If Bill C-27 is passed in its current form, it will be a massive boon for businesses, but at a huge cost to consumers.

There is immense economic value in consumer and citizen data, but tapping into this seemingly bottomless reserve should not come at the cost of our individual and collective privacy interests, writes Yuka Sai. Unsplash photograph by Jason Dent

Opinion

BY YUKA SAI

November 9, 2022

The latest push to modernize Canada’s privacy laws has unfortunately produced a dangerous piece of legislation that heavily favours the private sector at the expense of individual privacy interests. Contrary to the claims made by Sara Clodman in the Canadian Marketing Association’s

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