Angela Orasch

Tech, digital, and social justice (also ⛸).

[Angela Orasch @angorasch]

@RepTiffany Can Canadians demand the USA does better on climate change?

[Teresa Scassa @TeresaScassa]

Like it or not, digital identity is coming...probably sooner rather than later. The Canadian FPT commissioners have issued an important joint statement on privacy and transparency for #digitalidentity : https://t.co/lzBmOxgqON @uocommonlaw

[Christopher Parsons @caparsons]

Today I released a report analysing Canada’s Bill C-26. The report, “Cybersecurity Will Not Thrive In Darkness: A Critical Analysis of Proposed Amendments in Bill C-26 to the Telecommunications Act” is available at: https://t.co/bwrZ5oBQvI #cdnpoli #cdnnatsec

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[Teresa Scassa @TeresaScassa]

There should have been consultation before the feds attempted #AIregulation. #BillC27's #AIDA is problematic. In this post I struggle w/the gov'ts jurisdiction to enact this shell of a law & consider what its role might have been: https://t.co/pvG9MknjNR @uOttawaTechLaw

[Teresa Scassa @TeresaScassa]

My post this week on Canada #BillC27 looks at oversight and governance under the proposed AI and Data Act, including the new (and I'm sorry) disappointing Data Commissioner: https://t.co/lKDVwrYZgb #AI @uOttawaTechLaw @f_mb @OttawaHealthLaw

[Angela Orasch @angorasch]

Function creep is real and needs to be better understood/addressed. “The Surveillance State Is Primed for Criminalized Abortion” https://t.co/P6xpOP3ska

[Teresa Scassa @TeresaScassa]

Call for public feedback on Toronto Police Services Board policy on adoption and use of new AI technologies - good thread from @biancawylie @uOttawaTechLaw

[Angela Orasch @angorasch]

Critical listening for data governance/privacy folks.

[Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario @IPCinfoprivacy]

#ICYMI: Episode 7 of the #InfoMatters podcast explores issues of First Nations #datasovereignty. Tune in here or wherever else you get your podcasts: https://t.co/EEggEgUcjD

[Bloomberg Originals @bbgoriginals]

The UN called for a moratorium on the use of AI tech over concerns it "enables discrimination, invades our privacy and undermines our rights"

[Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario @IPCinfoprivacy]

In our new submission, Commissioner Kosseim responds to the government’s proposals for a new provincial private sector #privacy law. Learn more: https://t.co/9CRsFLWabl #PIPEDA #BillC11

[Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario @IPCinfoprivacy]

In our new episode of Info Matters, the Commissioner explores issues of #FirstNations data sovereignty with Dr. Jonathan Dewar of @fnigc and Carmen Jones of @ChiefsofOntario. They discuss the #OCAP principles: ownership, control, #access, & possession. https://t.co/WAUSfDQqMa

[Hamilton Artists Organizing @ArtistsOrganize]

So we've got a new statement of principles to share over the next few days. If you're an artist, musician, writer, actor, cultural worker and you want to contribute your skills and resources to fight for housing justice in #HamOnt, let us know here:
https://t.co/r6fCePv2Y1

[Angela Orasch @angorasch]

How my career started I think.

[Hamilton Artists Organizing @ArtistsOrganize]

This kind of lexical slipperiness, where words do not mean what they seem to mean, is at the bottom of every single sale of public land to private developers. The definition of corruption never changes.

[Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario @IPCinfoprivacy]

Facial recognition technologies pose significant risks to privacy.
Read more in the Commissioner’s latest blog:https://t.co/xBhAo2DBEY

[Teresa Scassa @TeresaScassa]

My new short piece for @CIGIonline looks at remote employee surveillance - and how unprepared we are to address it: https://t.co/2Od8mzDBZs @uOttawaTechLaw

[Angela Orasch @angorasch]

Keeping these critical issues in conversation is important. Presenting tomorrow with @sarabannerman at the Future of Privacy Forum’ smart city webinar.

[Future of Privacy Forum @futureofprivacy]

Make sure to register for the "Privacy in Smart Cities: Considerations for Planning" webinar taking place this Friday @ 11 am ET, featuring experts whose research touches on the uses of data for planning & implementing #smartcity concepts. Register below!
https://t.co/S9VnmJgjHN

[OPC @PrivacyPrivee]

Commissioner Therrien said Bill C-11, aimed at modernizing Canada’s outdated private sector privacy law, would be “a step back overall” from the current law and needs significant changes if confidence in the digital economy is to be restored. https://t.co/ZswVFIRy6Y

[Teresa Scassa @TeresaScassa]

Ontario released its Digital and Data Strategy on April 30, 2021. My post assessing it is here: https://t.co/FmxlDAYZuc The strategy is here: https://t.co/BBIiANSmKz @uocommonlaw

[Angela Orasch @angorasch]

“...legislators may want to consider inclusive and principles-based definitions [of surveillance tools] and allow for policy mechanisms that can be updated iteratively.” https://t.co/NkcH6jLPPz