For over thirty years, as professor of political science at the University of Victoria, I have engaged with many questions about the threats to privacy from new digital technologies:
- What does privacy mean?
- How is it under threat?
- Why is it important to protect it?
- How have different countries approached the issue?
- Which policies work, and which don’t?
For over thirty years, as professor of political science at the University of Victoria, I have engaged with many questions about the threats to privacy from new digital technologies:
- What does privacy mean?
- How is it under threat?
- Why is it important to protect it?
- How have different countries approached the issue?
- Which policies work, and which don’t?
I have accomplished this as a writer of books, articles, and other commentary; as a teacher; as a consultant for government, international organizations and NGOs; as a commentator in print and visual media; and as an advocate.
In 2022, I was honored by the Confederation of Faculty Associations of BC with the Paz Buttedahl award for career achievement. My long CV can be found here.
I am now Professor Emeritus at UVIC, as well as an Associate Fellow at the Center for Global Studies.
I am redirecting my career more toward public engagement, consulting, policy reform and media work.
Books I've Written & Edited
Speaking Of Privacy Rights
From the Blog
Colin Bennett and Chat GPT: Did I just exercise my legal rights to correct my personal data?
In preparing this new website, I made some choices about what work to highlight, and what aspects of my career to emphasize in the future.
A Tribute to David Flaherty: Privacy Scholar, Regulator and Consultant
On October 11, 2022, David Flaherty passed away in Victoria BC at age 82. He was born on February 25, 1940, in Campbellton, NB and
Address to 44th Global Privacy Assembly, Istanbul: No, it is not a “matter of balance”
October 26th, 2022 I first attended an international meeting of the world’s privacy and data protection commissioners in 1987 in Quebec city – 35 years