A member of the advisory board for the Sidewalk Toronto smart city project has resigned over data concerns, The Toronto Star reports. TechGirls Canada Founder Saadia Muzaffar stepped down from the board, citing her issues with Sidewalk Labs gaining financial benefits from the information generated by the project rather than local innovators and the general public. Muzaffar is the second person to resign from the board, which was created to help deal with data privacy issues within the project. “The most recent public roundtable in August displayed a blatant disregard for resident concerns about data and digital infrastructure,” Muzaffar wrote in her resignation letter.
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