Reading Time: 4 minutes 30 April 2020, 9:40 a.m. (Disponible en français : Protection des renseignements personnels et sécurité des données en temps de pandémie) To quickly limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID‑19), the federal government could consider exceptional measures – some of… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes Revised on 14 July 2020, 9:35 a.m. Any substantive changes in this HillNote that have been made since the preceding issue are indicated in bold print. (Disponible en français : Le renseignement de sources ouvertes et l’alerte rapide en situation de… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutes 27 April 2020, 9:15 a.m. (Disponible en français : Défis associés à la liberté d’expression et à l’accès à l’information en temps de pandémie : points de vue national et international) Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression;… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutes 1 April 2020, 2 p.m. (Disponible en français : Le respect des droits de la personne dans les situations d’urgence) In addition to obligations during peacetime, States have duties to respect and ensure human rights during wartime and national emergencies. In… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Encadrer la surveillance exercée par les États : Concilier l’utilisation des technologies de vidéosurveillance avec les obligations en matière de respect des droits de la personne) Centralized state camera surveillance is but one component of a… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Avancées technologiques et protection de la vie privée) Some of the technological advances that have emerged in the last few years have had or could have a significant impact on privacy and data protection. For instance,… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : La technologie 5G : Possibilités, défis et risques) Wireless technologies have made significant strides in recent decades. The first generation (paging services) was followed by the second and third generations (voice and messaging services and Internet… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : La neutralité du Net au Canada) The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC or the Commission) defines net neutrality as the general principle that “all traffic on the Internet should be given equal treatment by” Internet… Read More ›
Reading Time: 4 minutes Note: This publication was updated in May, 2020: The State of Broadband Internet in Canada (Disponible en français : Internet à large bande au Canada : portrait de la situation) Canadians are among the highest Internet users in the world,… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Confidentialité et sécurité informatique : accès légal ou illégal) Canadians increasingly store or access personal information on their computers and mobile devices, much of which can be accessed by others, whether lawfully or not. Cybercrime, or computer… Read More ›