Civil liberties groups give C-27 failing grade, call for AIDA to be ‘reset and reworked’ separately

The CCLA says the bill's framing of Canadians as consumers places privacy rights second to private interests when it comes to artificial intelligence.

Civil liberties groups and cybersecurity experts say potential amendments proposed by Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne for Bill C-27 will not go far enough to beef up its 'skeletal frame' or the privacy gaps surrounding sensitive information like biometric data.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

November 8, 2023

Civil liberties groups are giving the federal government’s privacy and artificial intelligence legislation a failing grade, arguing that its “skeletal frame” provides too many gaps for consent and too little protection for consumers' privacy, placing “human rights se...

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