Speakers
Ms. Jennifer Stoddart
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The principle of privacy rights within the online social revolution
“ When everybody and their uncle becomes a content provider: The principle of privacy rights within the online social revolution"
Web 2.0 feeds on user-generated content. We took this into account (and continue to do so) in our Facebook investigations, as well as in all our work concerning online services. What is the legal status of this information? To whom does it belong? As a regulator, what should we be doing? And most importantly, who controls this information?
Jennifer Stoddart was appointed Canada's Privacy Commissioner by the Governor in Council, effective December 1, 2003, on unanimous resolutions adopted by both the House of Commons and the Senate, for a seven-year term.
Since taking on this role, Commissioner Stoddart has overseen a number of important investigations, including those concerning a massive data breach at U.S. retail giant TJX and one on the disclosure of Canadians' financial information to U.S. authorities by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. The Commissioner also led efforts to help private sector organizations understand their obligations under the Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) in the first years after the legislation came into force. She is working to promote online privacy for young people through the Office's new website, www.youthprivacy.ca.
Given Canada's international trade patterns, Commissioner Stoddart has become involved in global privacy issues through her work with international organizations such as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), which are examining ways to protect and enhance privacy rights on a global scale. In 2007, she hosted the 29th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, which brought together some of the world's foremost data protection experts.
Commissioner Stoddart was previously President of the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec, an organization responsible for both access to information and the protection of personal information. She has held several senior positions in public administration for the Governments of Québec and Canada, including at the Canadian and the Québec Human Rights Commissions. Commissioner Stoddart has been active in the Canadian Bar Association, the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, and has also lectured on history and legal sciences at the Université du Québec à Montréal and McGill University. She is a member of the Québec Bar.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Fujitsu America
Mr. Claude BélisleVice-President, Satellite Communications and Radio Propagation Research Branch, Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC)
Mr. Daniel BlanchePresident and CEO, CRIM
Mr. Jim CarrollFuturist, Trends & Innovation Expert
Mr. Patrick ChanezonTeam Manager, Client and Cloud Advocacy, Google
Mr. François Coallier, Ph.D.Chair, Department of Software and IT Engineering, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)
Mr. Robert CourteauSenior Vice-President, Business Solutions, Fujitsu Canada
Mr. Mourad Debbabi, Ph.D.Vice-President, NCFTA, and CIISE Director & Professor, CU Research Chair Tier 1 in Information System Security, Concordia University
Mr. François GrattonSenior Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, Business Solutions, TELUS Québec
Mr. David E. HershbergChief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Globecomm
Mr. Austin HillCanadian entrepreneur, angel investor, Co-founder and CEO, Akoha
Mr. Tom JenkinsExecutive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, Open Text Corporation
Mr. Henri KaufmanPresident, HiP iP iP
Ms. Najoua KooliProject Manager, CEFRIO
Mr. Sylvain LafranceExecutive Vice-President, Radio-Canada
Mr. Claude lemayVice-President Québec, ITAC and Chief Executive Officer, WCIT 2012
Mr. Mark LowensteinManaging Director, Mobile Ecosystem
Mr. Yannis MallatChief Executive Officer, Ubisoft Montréal & Ubisoft Toronto
Mr. Stéphane MarceauChief Marketing Officer, Yellow Pages Group
Mr. Jeff McDowellSenior Vice President, Business Marketing & Alliances, Research in Motion (RIM)
Mr. André Mondoux, Ph.D.Researcher, columnist and professor, UQAM
Mr. Andy PiperConsulting IT and Social Media Specialist, IBM Consulting
Mr. Sébastien ProvencherCo-founder, Praized Media
Mr. David Robertson, Ph.D.Professor, Innovation, Technology Management, and IT, IMD - International Institute for Management Development
Ms. Clara ShihCEO, Hearsay Labs and Author, The Facebook Era
Ms. Jennifer StoddartPrivacy Commissioner of Canada