Teresa Scassa - Blog

Privacy
Tuesday, 21 March 2023 06:50

Explaining the AI and Data Act

Written by Teresa Scassa
The federal government’s proposed Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA) is currently before Parliament as part of Bill C-27, a bill that will also reform Canada’s private sector data protection law. The AIDA, which I have discussed in more detail in a series of blog posts (here, here, and here), has been criticized for being a shell of a law with essential components (including the definition of the “high impact AI” to which it will…

A recent decision of the Federal Court of Canada exposes the tensions between access to information and privacy in our data society. It also provides important insights into how reidentification risk should be assessed when government agencies or departments respond to requests for datasets with the potential to reveal personal information. The case involved a challenge by two journalists to Health Canada’s refusal to disclose certain data elements in a dataset of persons permitted to…

<< Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next > End >>
Page 4 of 43

Canadian Trademark Law

Published in 2015 by Lexis Nexis

Canadian Trademark Law 2d Edition

Buy on LexisNexis

Electronic Commerce and Internet Law in Canada, 2nd Edition

Published in 2012 by CCH Canadian Ltd.

Electronic Commerce and Internet Law in Canada

Buy on CCH Canadian

Intellectual Property for the 21st Century

Intellectual Property Law for the 21st Century:

Interdisciplinary Approaches

Purchase from Irwin Law