Teresa Scassa - Blog

A battle over the protection of personal information in the hands of federal political parties (FPPs) has been ongoing now for several years in British Columbia. The BC Supreme Court has just released a decision which marks a significant defeat for the FPPs in their quest to ensure that only minimal privacy obligations apply to their growing collection, use and disclosure of personal information. Although the outcome only green-lights the investigation by BC’s Office of…

Artificial intelligence technologies have significant potential to impact human rights. Because of this, emerging AI laws make explicit reference to human rights. Already-deployed AI systems are raising human rights concerns – including bias and discrimination in hiring, healthcare, and other contexts; disruptions of democracy; enhanced surveillance; and hateful deepfake attacks. Well-documented human rights impacts also flow from the use of AI technologies by law enforcement and the state, and from the use of AI in…