David Weinkauf

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Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Senior IT Research Analyst

David Weinkauf is a Senior IT Research Analyst at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), where he works in the Technology Analysis Division. He is the author of several OPC publications, including the OPC’s Privacy Tech-Know blogs on synthetic data, algorithmic fairness and homomorphic encryption. Prior to joining the OPC, David worked at the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) as a Senior Policy and Technology Advisor. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Computer Science from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from McGill University. His IPC publication De-identification Guidelines for Structured Data won the 2017 International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners’ Global Privacy and Data Protection Award for excellence in research.

 

Contributions by David Weinkauf

  • The Statistical Life of PETS - A Discussion of Privacy Enhancing Technologies
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2025
  • At the Fringes of Personal Information — Open Questions on Anonymization
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2024
  • Generative Governance: The OPC and Artificial Intelligence
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2024
  • The Benefits and Risks of Homomorphic Encryption: An Analysis with Case Studies
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2023
  • The Benefits and Risks of Homomorphic Encryption: An Analysis with Case Studies
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2023
  • Ways of Removing Bias from Algorithms: A Workshop with Practical Examples
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2022
  • Pistes pour lutter contre les biais des algorithmes : exemples pratiques
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2022