Teresa Scassa
@teresascassa.bsky.social
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Law professor specializing in tech law (privacy, AI, data). Gardener.
I enjoyed speaking with
@mgeist.bsky.social
about this recent court decision with interesting implications for Canadian privacy law.
@cdtsuottawaclts.bsky.social
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5 months ago
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The terrific
@colleenmflood.bsky.social
speaking on regulation of AI enabled medical devices at the University of Sao Paulo School of Public Health today.
7 months ago
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I've just posted a piece that considers whether the use of facial recognition tech in the retail sector in Canada is emerging as a privacy no-go zone:
open.substack.com/pub/teresasc...
@cdtsuottawaclts.bsky.social
@cendemtech.bsky.social
@oipcbc.bsky.social
@anabrandusescu.bsky.social
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Routine Retail Facial Recognition Systems an Emerging Privacy No-Go Zone in Canada?
(This post also appears on my blog at http://www.teresascassa.ca)
https://open.substack.com/pub/teresascassa/p/routine-retail-facial-recognition?r=1pchpm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
8 months ago
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My new post looks at the judicial review decision on the BC Privacy Commissioner's Order following the joint investigation of Clearview AI. It also considers the challenges of enforcing compliance in Canada's complicated privacy landscape
@oipcbc.bsky.social
@cdtsuottawaclts.bsky.social
8 months ago
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Wendy Wong setting the tone for this year’s VIPSs conference with her talk on data and human rights.
@rebootcomm.bsky.social
@emilylaidlaw.bsky.social
8 months ago
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Suzie Dunn
8 months ago
My most recent article "Legal Definitions of Intimate Images in the Age of Sexual Deepfakes and Generative AI" has been published in the McGill Law Journal Read it here!
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Legal Definitions of Intimate Images in the Age of Sexual Deepfakes and Generative AI
This article explores the evolution of Canadian criminal and civil responses to non-consensual synthetic intimate image creation and distribution. In recent years, the increasing accessibility of this...
https://lawjournal.library.mcgill.ca/article/view/1626
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Ontario is planning to introduce a new Digital Health ID in Bill 231 - currently before the legislature. My new post offers some thoughts on this bill:
open.substack.com/pub/teresasc...
#phipa
#privacy
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Digital Health ID as a Privacy Workaround? The Problem(s) with Ontario’s Bill 231
Ontario plans to introduce digital identity services (Digital ID) to provide Ontarians with better access to their personal health information (PHI) in the provincial Electronic Health Record (EHR).
https://open.substack.com/pub/teresascassa/p/digital-health-id-as-a-privacy-workaround?r=1pchpm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
8 months ago
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Rob Kitchin
11 months ago
Automating Public Services: Learning from Cancelled Systems by Joanne Redden, Jessica Brand, Ina Sander and Harry Warne
carnegieuk.org/wp-content/u...
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I'm so pleased to see that a paper I wrote with my doctoral student Nur Kumru on privacy regulatory sandboxes for Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner is now published:
www.ipc.on.ca/en/resources...
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Exploring the Potential for a Privacy Regulatory Sandbox for Ontario
https://www.ipc.on.ca/en/resources/exploring-potential-privacy-regulatory-sandbox-ontario
11 months ago
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The Federal Court of Canada recently considered procedural fairness issues related to automated decision-making - I explore the implications of this decision in a post on my new substack:
teresascassa.substack.com/p/crafting-a...
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Crafting a More Nuanced Right to an Explanation in Administrative Law: A comment on Ali v. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
A recent decision of the Federal Court of Canada (Ali v.
https://teresascassa.substack.com/p/crafting-a-more-nuanced-right-to
12 months ago
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Kean Birch
12 months ago
New Job! Postdoctoral Visitor in AI & Governance at
#YorkU
(Canada). Deadline 20 December 2024.
#STS
#law
#AIgovernance
More details about the role are contained in the job ad:
www.yorku.ca/research/wp-...
Working with myself,
@tdagne.bsky.social
& Rob Gehl
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https://www.yorku.ca/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2024/11/FSc-PDV-job-posting-Postdoctoral-Visitor-in-AI-Governance.pdf
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CDTS | CLTS • uOttawa
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“The Shifting Value of Personal Data” 🗣 OPINION par/by Teresa Scassa 📰 CIGI
www.cigionline.org/articles/the...
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The Shifting Value of Personal Data
Emerging data rights can give individuals and communities more control over both the personal and non-personal data that they generate.
https://www.cigionline.org/articles/the-shifting-value-of-personal-data/
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CDTS | CLTS • uOttawa
about 1 year ago
Join us on December 2nd for a conversation with Dr. Kristen Thomasen and Prof. Jane Bailey examining issues of surveillance and security in the smart home context. ℹ️/🎟
www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...
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CDTS | CLTS • uOttawa
about 1 year ago
“Automating housing (in)justice: The promise and limits of ‘fair’ rent tech” Discover a new blog by Tegan Cohen as part of The AI + Society's “Global Emerging Voices on AI and Society” blog series! ›
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I was pleased to have my paper on the shifting value of personal data included in CIGI's collection titled The Role of Governance in Unleashing the Power of Data:
www.cigionline.org/publications...
@cdtsuottawaclts.bsky.social
@cca-reports.ca
#datagovernance
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The Role of Governance in Unleashing the Value of Data
In 2018, the essay series Data Governance in the Digital Age anticipated some of the data governance issues that have emerged, such as surveillance capitalism and the economics of data, but did not co...
https://www.cigionline.org/publications/the-role-of-governance-in-unleashing-the-value-of-data/
12 months ago
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Hello Bluesky! I was looking for refuge from toXic X. Looking forward to seeing old friends, colleagues and contacts here.
12 months ago
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Ian Stedman
12 months ago
The unstoppable Dr. Catherine Régis bringing us home as we wrap up the day at Queen’s Law. The busy whiteboard is a reflection of a great day of dialogue comparing Brazilian and Canadian approaches to Health AI!
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Ian Stedman
12 months ago
Queen’s Law Dean (and Canada’s leading health law scholar) Colleen Flood, unpacks some of what she sees as being the real glaring problems in Health Canada’s proposed approach to regulating Health AI. Hopefully HC’s consultation report is released soon!
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Ian Stedman
12 months ago
Learning now about Brazil’s digital health infrastructure and regulation of health AI. Thanks to Dr. Ana Estrella Haddad, who is Brazil’s National Secretary on Digital Health, Ministry of Health, for such an enlightening presentation!
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Today is going to be a day of great conversations as we discuss regulation of Health AI.
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12 months ago
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