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Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D.

Information & Privacy Commissioner

Ontario, Canada

What people are saying

  • A privacy by design approach can be mandated (or otherwise encouraged)

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  • The end structure of the new systems was very strongly informed by the PbD

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  • Robert Cook: Chief Information Officer, University of Toronto

  • As a PbD Ambassador, I’m a fervent supporter of its Principles and

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  • Claudiu Popa: Founder and Principal Risk Advisor, Informatica Corporation

  • Congratulations to you (on the PbD Resolution)! You are such a tremendous

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  • Dr. Ilse Treurnicht: CEO of the MaRS Discovery District

  • I want to congratulate you on the incredible achievement of what I would call

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  • Terry McQuay: President, Nymity Inc.

  • Privacy By Design is a set of seven high-level concepts, created by

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  • Intel views Privacy by Design as a necessary component of our accountability

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  • David A. Hoffman: Director of Security Policy and Global Privacy Officer, Intel Corporation.

  • A long-time advocate of privacy technologies, Ann coined the term Privacy by

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  • Dr. Stefan Brands: Principal Architect, Identity & Security Division, Microsoft Corporation.

  • Ann Cavoukian is a rare breed — a government official working with privacy

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  • Jared Kaprove:  

  • “This is amazing. Every time I see something like this, it makes me sad that

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  • Christopher Soghoian: Berkman Centre for Internet & Society, Harvard University
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IPSI SmartData International Symposium
May 14-16, 2012
 
• Speakers will represent a broad range of international expertise, including the “father of evolutionary robotics,” Dr. Inman Harvey of the University of Sussex;
• Poster sessions will take place throughout the Symposium, as selected through an open, international call for papers;
• Funded by the Connaught Global Challenge
 
For more event details, please click here
 
 



Call For Papers
The submission deadline for abstracts is March 1, 2012, 11:59pm.
Click here for further details on requirements, deadlines and how to submit.

The IPC has also been involved in the development of the next evolution in data protection – “SmartData.” Working with its creator Dr. George Tomko, IPSI, and a number of international researchers, this project represents the future of privacy and the ultimate control of personal information. SmartData represents embodied, virtual agents that will act as an individual’s proxy online, securely storing one’s personal information and intelligently disclosing it based on the context of the data requests, in accordance with instructions authorized by the data subject. This technology surpasses current limited approaches to Artificial Intelligence (AI) through its capacity to respond to unforeseen situations, adapt to novel threats, and provide a nuanced and accurate representation of an individual’s privacy and data security preferences — returning control of the data to the data subject, where it belongs!

SmartData is the strongest possible expression of Privacy by Design. The individual benefits greatly, by regaining control of his or her personal information without having to assume the burden of constantly exercise that control for each data request. Moreover, unlike many systems which aim to protect data, SmartData enables the data to protect itself. By designing privacy directly into the data, it is necessarily designed into all transactions involving that data!

The major kick-off event for this project will be the IPSI SmartData International Symposium, a conference that will take place at the University of Toronto in May, 2012. This Symposium received funding and recognition by the Connaught Global Challenge, which focuses on bringing leading researchers from multiple disciplines together with innovators and thought leaders, in an effort to contribute to the advancement of solutions to a “critical issue facing humanity in the 21st century” — a recognition of the vital importance of protecting privacy in the years to come.

Resources:

SmartData: Make the data “think” for itself: Data protection for the 21st century