How government can restore public confidence in our privacy rights

If the government truly wants to show Canadians that our privacy rights matter, it needs to pass strong data protection laws as soon as possible.

The government must deliver on its promise to overhaul Canada's outdated privacy laws, writes Laura Tribe, executive director at OpenMedia.Photograph by Jeremy Barande, copyright by Ecole Polytechnique, distributed under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license

Opinion

BY LAURA TRIBE

July 17, 2023

Digital security doesn’t just mean using a different password for every account and avoiding suspicious links. It also means worrying that your sensitive, personal data has been stolen by hackers simply because you bought gas.

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