Episode 63: Ontario Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim on the COVID Alert App

October 28, 2021 00:40:09
Episode 63: Ontario Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim on the COVID Alert App
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Episode 63: Ontario Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim on the COVID Alert App

Oct 28 2021 | 00:40:09

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Show Notes

The Canadian government released its COVID Alert, its COVID-19 exposure notification app, earlier this month starting first with a roll-out in Ontario. I’ve written how I’ve made the decision to install it, noting that the voluntary app does not collect personal information nor provide the government (or anyone else) with location information. The app underwent two privacy reviews, engaging both the federal privacy commissioner and the Ontario information and privacy commissioner.

Patricia Kosseim, the newly appointed Ontario privacy commissioner, had only been on the job for a few hours before she was dealing with the app that was bound to attract public attention. Commissioner Kosseim joins me on the podcast to discuss the app, her review, the interaction between different governments and commissioners, and why she installed the app the day it was released.

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Show Notes:

IPC Recommendations to the Government of Ontario Regarding COVID Alert

Credits:

CBC News, COVID-19 Exposure Notification App Rolls Out in Ontario

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