The OPC report at times strays into areas that are not privacy: concerns about kids wanting to play video games that are aimed at older audiences because the kids site looks too babyish? Yeah, as a mother of three, I can tell you that it is a fact of life that the younger kids always want to do what the older ones are doing. But setting limits on what games they can play is my concern as a parent, not a privacy concern.

“What would the evil Queen from Snow White need to worry about?” She was using her magic mirror to mass surveil the kingdom and assess who is the “fairest in the land.” She would have needed some kind of parameters on which fairness is based: complexion? Facial symmetry? Is it merely based on physical appearance or is there profiling related to other factors: kindness, disposition, quality of singing voice? All in all, some high risk AI usage and not free from bias in the slightest, if plotting murder to skew results is any indication…

I tell my children that all the time: you’re either paying with your money, your information, or something else. Nothing is free.

The biggest takeaway is that Canada should be glad that the standard is “adequate” and not “equivalent”, and that OPC case law is sufficient to provide coverage in the presence of legislative gaps.

Bill 88 touches on employment law, privacy compliance and operational privacy, so we have assembled a team of experts from each of these areas. Our Employee Monitoring Service Package is designed to help organizations start from the ground up to ensure the policy is accurate and complete, and that it not only meets the requirements of the law but also respects employee privacy concerns.