Brenda McPhail

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McMaster University

Executive Director, Master of Public Policy in Digital Society

Brenda McPhail is the Director of the Privacy, Technology and Surveillance Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. As a researcher at a national, non-profit legal advocacy organization, her work supports litigation, advocacy and public education relating to the ways in which privacy rights are at risk in contemporary society. She has appeared as an expert witness before Parliamentary and Senate committees regarding privacy law reform, national security, and biometric data, and leads CCLA’s litigation in key court cases that raise privacy issues. She received her PhD from the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto.

 

Contributions by Brenda McPhail

  • Children, AI and Privacy in Canada
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2024
  • Law Enforcement Monitoring
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2024
  • Privacy and Digital Rights in the New Era of Sovereign Identity
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2023
  • Privacy and Digital Rights in the New Era of Sovereign Identity
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2023
  • The Transformation of Personal Health Information into Commercial Assets
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2023
  • The Transformation of Personal Health Information into Commercial Assets
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2023
  • Privacy Implications of Canadian Commercial Virtual Care
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2022
  • Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2020 - Canceled
  • Privacy in Trust(s): Emerging Digital Stewardship Models
    Speaker at IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2019