So at what point does the public mobilize? Privacy should, by every right, be the essential debate of our modern digital era; it is the newest & most pressing issue on our plate. ... Yet stories & revelations of our fumbling & slouching to Bethlehem—or, in some cases, our government’s rather insidious machinations—continue to earn yawns & swipe-pasts.
We are convinced, of course, that privacy is a matter that affects other people. R v. Fearon? That guy deserved it, because he... committed a crime; I don’t commit crimes. Breaking European law? Well, that’s not in North America! And government emails? So what? I don’t send them anything incriminating!
We are convinced, of course, that privacy is a matter that affects other people. R v. Fearon? That guy deserved it, because he... committed a crime; I don’t commit crimes. Breaking European law? Well, that’s not in North America! And government emails? So what? I don’t send them anything incriminating!
Except that creating caveats for our standards in these early days of an entire field is profoundly problematic. If Canadians don’t set the tone for what we want in our privacy, we will allow companies & governments to set the rules for us. This is indeed a problem, then, of other people—that is, the fact that other people will be setting the agenda for our own privacy.
Good thing there’s no upcoming bill in Canada that could set the stage for a genuine debate over our country’s privacy rights.
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