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
Submission on Bill C-27, Digital Charter Implementation Act to House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and Technology , October 26, 2023.
I have written about national and international privacy protection policy for over 30 years. I am also an adviser to the Center for Digital Rights
Response to ISED Consultation on Canadian Code of Practice for Generative Artificial Intelligence Systems
I am grateful for this opportunity to comment on the consultation for a code of practice to regulate generative AI systems. As a scholar who
THE SURVEILLANCE PARTY OF CANADA: PRIVACY POLICY
The Surveillance Party of Canada (SPOC) is committed to the principle that Canadians should be monitored and tracked as extensively as possible in order to