Personal Information Protection and Data Security in a Pandemic

This document discusses the responsibilities of the government in balancing between protecting personal data and utilizing data that will aid in the response to a pandemic.
Additionally, the report highlights the increased risk posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in cyber use especially because of the growing dependence placed upon technology platforms due to working from home and how this has revealed both security and privacy vulnerabilities.

Citation

Savoie, Alexandra and Maxime-Olivier Thibodeau. Personal Information Protection and Data Security in a Pandemic. Library of Parliament, 2020. https://hillnotes.ca/2020/04/30/personal-information-protection-and-data-security-in-a-pandemic/

Overlapping Topics

Media, Information, and Technology

Policy Sub-Topic

Policy Type

Editorial