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Exposing the Myths,
Exploring the Solutions
Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D.
Information & Privacy Commissioner/Ontario
Privacy & Security: Seeking the Middle Path
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5th Annual Privacy & Security Workshop
October 28-29, 2004
University of Toronto
Government Surveillance
“People will not trust government if there is
excessive secrecy. And they will get increasingly
anxious about a 'surveillance society' if they
cannot be confident that information about their
private lives is being handled properly.”
Richard Thomas,
UK Information Commissioner
January 2003
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Slide 2
“”No-fly” lists
Be prepared not to know
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Where are we now: U.S.
Biometrics in travel documents now a given
• Enhanced Border Security & Visa Entry Reform
Act
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
adopted a three pronged approach for travel
documents: Facial recognition (the global base),
fingerprint & iris scans
• U.S. VISIT Program requires countries to have
biometrics to remain in Visa Waiver program
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Where are we now: U.S. part II
CAPPSII dead
• Reasons cited: lack of airline data for testing, law
suits against airlines, privacy concerns, failure to
address 7 out of 8 Congressional requirements
Secure Flight new screening tool
• Government, not airlines, to compare passengers
to no-fly and watch lists
• TSA assures reduction of false positives (current
15% pull-overs to drop to 5% of passengers)
• 30 day test began in September of Secure Flight
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Secure Flight
• Redress process to be instituted, Senator Edward
Kennedy had to call DHS Secretary Tom Ridge to
clear his name
• Multi-stage process ending in review by DHS
Chief Privacy Officer: Nuala Kelly O’Connor
• New level of transparency, with crucial documents
for public view
• Senate has required DHS to report on
privacy impact of this action
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Where are we Now: Canada
CANPASS-Air uses iris scanning for identity
check
RCMP working with ISO to ensure fingerprint
biometric interoperability
Gov’t compiling no-fly lists to be used by
airline agents for domestic flights, to notify
Transport Canada of ‘immediate threats’
No redress policy appears to be available
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Are we losing Balance?
“Public safety is paramount but
balanced against privacy”
Security measures must be real, not illusory
New powers must be studied and measured to
determine effectiveness and utility
Are new security powers truly necessary or are
existing ones not fully utilized or effectively
deployed?
http://www.ipc.on.ca/userfiles/page_attachments/1517136_pub01-e.pdf
http://www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/usattacked/essay_privacy.html
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Anti-Terrorism Laws
– Why be Concerned?
General Issues:
Expanded scope
Lack
of justification
Weakening
Lack
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of domestic surveillance
Judicial Controls
of Oversight
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STEPS: Revisted
Terrorist attacks 9/11
Government concerns over public safety
Patriot and anti-terrorist legislation
Polarized debate for Security/Privacy
Resurgence of Privacy concerns by public
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Still Need a Shift in Paradigms
The Old Paradigm: Zero Sum Game
The New Paradigm:
Security + Privacy = Democracy
Privacy and Security are both necessary
components: both are essential to
freedom and liberty
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The Challenge for
Privacy Experts
Expand the discourse: Privacy and Security
are not polar opposites
Engage government and industry in
demonstration projects to promote STEPs
http://www.ipc.on.ca/docs/steps.pdf
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The Challenge for
Solution Developers
Introduce privacy into the concept, design
and implementation of technology solutions
Recognize and promote existing STEP
solutions:
3-D Holographic Scanner: respecting physical
privacy while enhancing security
Biometric encryption
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The Challenge for
Governments
Develop the privacy requirements for
technology:
• Use the 3-D Holographic Scanner Paradigm
for IT design requirements.
• Avoid equating security with privacy.
• Put the ‘ terrorist attack fear factor’ in
context of other threats to citizens.
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The Discussion Today
How is privacy fairing in the national
security arena?
What are the issues we face?
What is the road ahead?
What can we do?
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How to Contact Us
Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D.
Information & Privacy Commissioner/Ontario
2 Bloor Street West, Suite 1400
Toronto, Ontario M4W 1A8
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Phone:
Web:
E-mail:
(416) 326-3333
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