Facing protests and falling popularity, they are proof that it is wrong to prize empathy in political leaders above everything else.
Category: Freedom & Health
“We are simply not at the point of understanding how this data was collected, whether it was properly de-identified, what the risks of re-identification are and why the Privacy Commissioner was not involved in the process.”
“At the end of the day [COVID testing is] all being done by the Chinese government, and nobody really knows what’s going to happen to the data.” Patricia Adams, Probe International.
The ArriveCAN app is in play at Canada’s border points and knows you’re coming before you get there. But did you know this? Former Ontario privacy commissioner, Ann Cavoukian, now executive director at Global Privacy & Security by Design Centre, says “awareness of data collection practices and obtaining the consent of the individual are essential to preserving privacy.”
“Isn’t it essential for the debate that everything be put into play?”
Beijing 2022 is less about the Olympian values of excellence, friendship and respect, and more about the prowess of the Chinese Communist Party. Welcome to the most chillingly dystopian Olympics in history.
Privacy forms the foundation of our freedom. You cannot have freedom in society without a solid foundation of privacy.
The Opinion section of The Globe and Mail devotes an unprecedented 6,500 words to this must-read analysis by Norman Doidge as he explores the master narrative that has shaped our lives for the past two years.
BMJ, one of the world’s most respected medical journals for almost two centuries, calls for public access to clinical trial data immediately.
COVID-19 is here to stay. Therefore, COVID is done. Either mild Omicron is the end of COVID madness, or there is no off-ramp. The panic-demic must finish or we will be doing this forever.