Colin Bennett and Christopher Parsons have received a grant for $28,211 from the Federal Office of the Privacy Commissioner under the Contributions Program to develop a repository of information about Deep-Packet Inspection in Canada.
Mat Johnson is the 2008-09 winner of a new Essay Contest established by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
The paper entitled "Protecting Privacy in Public: The Need for Public Surveillance Regulation in Canada", was written under the supervision of Professor Art Cockfield, who encouraged Mat to enter this new essay contest. Mat will receive $2,500 for... Read more about @title...
The Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner (OPC) has awarded SCAN (Surveillance Cameras Awareness Network, an affiliated pan-Canadian group of The Surveillance Project) $50,000 to complete research and produce a report on Video Surveillance in Canada and to mount an international research workshop on the same theme.
Congratulations to Ian Kerr, Valerie Steeves and Carole Lucock on their edited collection Lessons from the Identity Trail: Anonymity, Privacy and Identity in a Networked Society .
This book examines key questions about anonymity, privacy, and identity in an environment that increasingly automates the collection of personal information and relies upon surveillance to promote private and public sector... Read more about @title...
The report highlights the potential and limitations of Facial Recognition Technology (FRT), noting those tasks for which it seems ready for deployment, those areas where performance obstacles may be overcome by future technological developments or sound operating... Read more about @title...
Call for paper proposals for a workshop on "The Surveillance Games" Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC. November 20-22, 2009 Read more about @title...
Congratulations to Jason Pridmore on his new position as senior researcher at the DigIdeas project under the direction of NewT collaborator Irma van der Ploeg at Zuyd University in The Netherlands. Read more about @title...
