Colin Bennett
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Privacy and surveillance author, researcher, teacher, advocate and policy wonk (not necessarily in that order)
University of Victoria, Canada
Joined January 2013
Now on @bluesky and increasing number of posts about privacy and digital policy. Disappointed not to find the privacy commissioners over there. Network effects! @PrivacyPrivee @BCInfoPrivacy @IPCinfoprivacy
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Yeh, that's the final straw. Just opened an account on https://t.co/0xWHJLt7h7 Hope to see you all there.
"If you're at work, do it now and see what happens..." James O'Brien has a challenge for anyone that doesn't think Elon Musk performed a Nazi salute at the inauguration.
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"If you're at work, do it now and see what happens..." James O'Brien has a challenge for anyone that doesn't think Elon Musk performed a Nazi salute at the inauguration.
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🎤 Pleased to announce our #VIPSS25 emcees: Suzanne L. Morin (Sun Life) & Drew McArthur (The McArthur Consulting Group)! Join us in Victoria, March 12-13, 2025. Register: https://t.co/pI879uPvqu
#PrivacySummit #Cybersecurity #AITransformation
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Our special issue on Data Driven Campaigning has been published open access and has an incredible collection of articles from @EsmeraldaVBon @rchlgibson4 @tnridout1 @efranklinfowler @Linn_Sandberg @anamariadutceac @favstats @_sophism_ @solecheler & others! https://t.co/19SKezBq0T
cogitatiopress.com
Thematic Issue, Vol 12 (2024)
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Despite growing tensions in the House of Commons, the Liberals, Tories, and NDP filed identical arguments on Oct. 9 in an ongoing legal saga over the use of voters' personal data. #cdnpoli
https://t.co/ADDtc3EWUL
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No BC voters are not "divided" -- the political parties are divided. And our stupid electoral system forces the parties to be adversarial and voters to choose between the lesser of two evils. If ever there was a time for PR it is now!
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Just want to say that I missed my late colleague Norman Ruff of @uvicpoli during the #BCelection2024 Nobody on any channel IMHO equalled Norman's unparalleled knowledge and analytical abilities
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Join us on Wednesday, October 30, at 7 p.m. EDT for the next Virtual Forum Series Event: Should Hate Speech Be Dealt with Through Human Rights Law? w/ Birju Dattani, @EmilyLaidlaw, @richard__moon, and @BhabhaFaisal co-sponsors: @OpenMediaOrg @PENCanada
https://t.co/aHgihoSRFz
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Statement by the Privacy Commissioner following release of committee report on the federal government’s use of technological tools capable of extracting personal data from mobile devices and computers. https://t.co/BYiLvrmI7L
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Terrific summary by @privacylawyer of current digital bills before Parliament and those that might, won't and/or shouldn't pass before next Canadian election.
An overview of the digital bills currently pending before the Canadian Parliament, at risk of falling off the order paper if the current government is defeated or prorogues Parliament.
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An overview of the digital bills currently pending before the Canadian Parliament, at risk of falling off the order paper if the current government is defeated or prorogues Parliament.
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Proud to have worked on new @coe guidelines on privacy and voter authentication/ registration. Critical as more and more countries introduce biometrics into elections.
coe.int
Council of Europe Strasbourg 18 September 2024
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🚨BREAKING: new @OpenMediaOrg report reveals at LEAST 91 companies in Canada collecting & using your voter data– with almost NO oversight. #cdnpoli #privacy #dataprivacy 1/5 https://t.co/43jdr9ywVf
openmedia.org
OpenMedia's new research report, The Political Influence Industry, sheds light on dozens of secretive businesses that handling YOUR sensitive voting behaviour data on behalf of federal political...
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B.C. voter data complainant calls out microtargeting, as parties mum on next steps after court loss. By @Campbellian_ #cdnpoli
https://t.co/iZhKkTRLbK (subs)
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A highly consequential BC court decision, more than a year in the making, just came down: “The ability of an individual to control their personal information is intimately connected to their individual autonomy, dignity and privacy. These fundamental values lie at the heart of
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Terrific analysis by @TeresaScassa of the recent BC Supreme Court ruling on federal political parties and privacy. https://t.co/QgxLphFD1j
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Delighted to have produced this brochure for @FUTURUMCareers on data driven elections and democracy. Designed for young people and their teachers. Worked with former students @KKmarfo and Jesse Gordon. https://t.co/qnHVAl8U8L
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