Lecture 17: Data privacy laws#

Learning objectives#

By the end of this lecture, students should be able to:

  • Understand what are the privacy laws at the federal level in Canada and provincial level in BC

  • What are/are not personal identifiable information

  • Beaware of situations at workplace where data privacy might be violated

Slides#

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Supplemental materials#

Overview of privacy laws in Canada#

https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-topics/privacy-laws-in-canada/02_05_d_15/

BC provincial laws#

https://www.oipc.bc.ca/about/legislation/

Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA)#

https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/innovation-better-canada/en/artificial-intelligence-and-data-act

Whitepaper: Rethinking Privacy in the AI Era: Policy Provocations for a Data-Centric World#

https://hai.stanford.edu/white-paper-rethinking-privacy-ai-era-policy-provocations-data-centric-world