Personal data, surveillance, digital privacy
A Privacy First approach. A model that begins with restraint. A model that treats personal data not as a corporate asset, government convenience, or inevitable byproduct of modern life, but as something powerful enough to damage freedom, dignity, fairness, safety, democracy, and personal autonomy.
The companion policy proposal, companion to this one, looked at what happens when businesses, public bodies, employers, contractors, institutions, and service providers use camera-capable wearable technology in places where people are asked to expose sensitive information.
If an organization requires you to show sensitive information, it has a duty to protect that information from unnecessary recording, whether by staff, contractors, wearable devices, background software, or nearby third parties.
Privacy cannot depend on whether someone notices a tiny light on a pair of glasses.
If a ministry, agency, board, commission, municipality, or other public body uses AI to help draft, analyze, summarize, classify, recommend, or support a decision, the public should be able to know: