Angela Orasch

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

The Upper Midwest has suffered from repeated waves of smoke due to Canadian wildfires. Today I joined my colleagues from WI & MN to demand better forest management in Canada. Our communities shouldn’t suffer because of poor decisions made across the border.

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 : priv.gc.ca/en/about-the-o… @uocommonlaw

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: citizenlab.ca/2022/10/a-crit… #cdnpoli #cdnnatsec 1/

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: teresascassa.ca/index.php?opti… @uOttawaTechLaw

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: teresascassa.ca/index.php?opti… #AI @uOttawaTechLaw @f_mb @OttawaHealthLaw

Function creep is real and needs to be better understood/addressed. “The Surveillance State Is Primed for Criminalized Abortion” wired.com/story/surveill…

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

Critical listening for data governance/privacy folks.

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

In our new submission, Commissioner Kosseim responds to the government’s proposals for a new provincial private sector #privacy law. Learn more: ow.ly/MsRO50G5yhU #PIPEDA #BillC11

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. ow.ly/H3mX50FY69a

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: forms.gle/orZrguXsbJ17wp…

How my career started I think.

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.

Facial recognition technologies pose significant risks to privacy. Read more in the Commissioner’s latest blog:ipc.on.ca/mugshots-to-me…

My new short piece for @CIGIonline looks at remote employee surveillance - and how unprepared we are to address it: cigionline.org/articles/priva… @uOttawaTechLaw

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

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. priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/ne…

Ontario released its Digital and Data Strategy on April 30, 2021. My post assessing it is here: teresascassa.ca/index.php?opti… The strategy is here: ontario.ca/page/building-… @uocommonlaw

“...legislators may want to consider inclusive and principles-based definitions [of surveillance tools] and allow for policy mechanisms that can be updated iteratively.” belfercenter.org/publication/ev…