Hosted by Harrison Lobb and Fred Carter, Canadian Privacy News Highlights is an independent podcast focused on discussing current events and opening valuable conversations about privacy and information policy within a Canadian context.
In Episode 18, Fred and Harrison discuss new AI literacy requirements in the European Union, the efficacy of the Canadian government building their own in-house LLMs for translation, and the Citizen Lab’s allegations that the OPP are using paragon-developed software that compromises mobile phone security. Thanks for listening!
28 May 2025
Episode 17 - Canadian Privacy News Highlights
Hosts Fred and Harrison analyze the risks of AI companion bots for youth, smishing tactics, and Quebec's novel data collection rules for job applications.
8 May 2025
Episode 16 - Canadian Privacy News Highlights
Welcome back to Canadian Privacy News Highlights. After a short hiatus due to Fred’s schedule, we’re back! In this episode, Fred and I discuss the the privacy implications of Chat GPT. 4-os scarily accurate reverse image searching capabilities, LG smart TV’s move towards the use of targeted advertisements based on emotion recognition through biometrics, and the ways in which large language models can be fooled to create artificial images of political leaders.
12 Feb 2025
Episode 15 - Canadian Privacy News Highlights
In Episode 15 of Canadian Privacy News Highlights, Fred and I discuss the differing responses to Deepseek AI from a variety of countries, the shadow data market that capitalizes on lost data, and the USA’s own ruling against the FBI’s use of mass surveillance system data that’s been captured under FISA’s section 702.
6 Feb 2025
Episode 14 - Canadian Privacy News Highlights
In episode 14 of CPNH, Fred and Harrison discuss changes to Ontario workplace law that will be going into effect a year from now, recent case studies showcasing the privacy risks of mobile applications and their current advertising environment, and the difference in ransomware attack disclosure requirements for public institutions.
22 Jan 2025
Episode 13 - Canadian Privacy News Highlights
In episode 13 of Canadian Privacy News Highlights, Fred and Harrison discuss recent changes to Meta’s content moderation policies, Bill C-27’s chances of survival post-Trudeau, and the access to information difficulties that may result from the RCMP’s rollout of police worn body cameras.
15 Jan 2025
Episode 12 - Canadian Privacy News Highlights
Fred and Harrison discuss the latest Canadian privacy news, including gaps in Ontario's legislation, AI tool concerns, and online extremism, highlighting the need for updated digital regulation.
29 Nov 2024
Episode 11 - Kim Haze-Vuong - Canadian Privacy News Highlights
Kim Haze-Vuong, a former Access to Information and Privacy Office of Canada employee, shares insider insights on Canada's access to information system and its modern-day challenges.
14 Nov 2024
Episode 10 - John Wunderlich - Canadian Privacy News Highlights
In Episode 10 of Privacy News Highlights, Harrison gets the chance to speak to John Wunderlich.
John is an information privacy & security expert with extensive experience in information privacy, identify management, and data security.
He has designed, built, operated, and assessed systems for operations and compliance in the private and public sectors for over 25 years.
He has served as Director of Privacy for Cancer Care Ontario, as a Senior Policy and Information Technology Advisor to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, and as Program Manager at Ceridian Canada.
In this episode, John and Harrison discuss the economic efficacy of taking an operational approach to privacy, digital identity verification methods, his work on developing privacy enhancing mobile credentials, privacy-conscious data siloing, user-beneficial design, Canadian’s privacy rights in the workplace, trends in the use of health data, and his favourite privacy-related films.
12 Nov 2024
Episode 9 - Canadian Privacy News Highlights
In this episode, Fred and Harrison discuss the unique capabilities of gait recognition technology, Meta’s renewed interest in facial recognition technology, and a report published by Elections Ontario on the impact of artificially generated information on the electoral process.
4 Nov 2024
Episode 8 - Canadian Privacy News Highlights
In this episode of Canadian Privacy News Highlights, Harrison and Fred discuss AI disclosure in the context of news articles, Quebec’s new data portability law, and Australian legislation that mandates disclosing ransomware payments.
28 Oct 2024
Episode 7 - Canadian Privacy News Highlights
In this episode, Harrison and Fred delve into the privacy violations created by integrating facial recognition technologies with Meta’s smart glasses, how AI detection tools could pose a privacy risk to students, and California legislation aimed protecting brainwave/neural data.
21 Oct 2024
Episode 6 - Canadian Privacy News Highlights
In this week's episode, Fred and Harrison discuss novel privacy risks associated with license plate reading technology, the genetic data stewardship issues that 23 and Me face, and domestic data capturing smart home devices.
8 Oct 2024
Episode 5 - Canadian Privacy News Highlights
In the fifth episode of Canadian Privacy News Highlights, Harrison and Fred discuss children's privacy rights in Canada, community networks of surveillance for law enforcement, and Mozilla Firefox browser tracking technologies.
25 Sept 2024
Episode 4 - Canadian Privacy News Highlights
In the fourth episode of Canadian Privacy News Highlights, Harrison and Fred discuss Ford's patent of in-car conversation monitoring technology, calls for banning children from accessing social media, and the use of AI in high-stakes decision making processes.
17 Sept 2024
Episode 3 - Surveillance - Canadian Privacy News Highlights
In the third episode of Canadian Privacy News Highlights, Harrison and Fred try something different and focus on a specific theme: Surveillance! They discuss GPS monitoring devices, drones, and facial recognition technology.
1 Sept 2024
Episode 2 - Canadian Privacy News Highlights
For the second episode of Canadian Privacy News Highlights, Harrison and Fred discuss the Toronto Public Library cyberattack, the Canadian Supreme Court ruling about search and seizure of digital devices by Canadian border agents, and workplace surveillance.
1 Sept 2024
Episode 1 - Canadian Privacy News Highlights
For the pilot episode of Canadian Privacy News Highlights, Harrison and Fred discuss the U. S. Government suing TikTok, the consequences of Bill C-18, and postmortem data.
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