Local MP Pierre Poilievre should be commended for the approach he has advocated to Google’s Street View project. Cars with cameras are now on Canadian streets, taking photographs. Whatever your opinion of the utility of Street View, Google is likely violating Canadian privacy laws in doing so.
Poilievre is asking Google to testify before Parliament, as part of an effort to overhaul Canadian privacy legislation. He’d like to know what happens to those photographs, where they are stored, and what is being done to protect Canadian’s privacy.
As we speed toward the world of 1984, it’s good to see some of our politicians asking the right questions. Poilievre’s committee should also examine the unrestricted use of surveillance cameras, internet service providers obligations, and a host of other privacy related issues that are cropping up as technology continues to advance at break-neck speed.
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Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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At last he has done something right!
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