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posted by Robert DeVet in on Oct 25, 2014 - View profile

Halifax

The Internet: Do We Really Have No Privacy and Should We Just Get Over It?


7:00pm
 - 9:00pm
Tuesday October 28 2014

Venue: Scotia Bank Theatre, Sobey Building, Saint Mary’s University

The Internet: Do We Really Have No Privacy and Should We Just Get Over It?

Michael Geist - Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, University of Ottawa

 

The former CEO of Sun Microsystems dismissed consumer privacy concerns by stating "You have no privacy. Get over it."  This talk will examine whether Scott McNealy was right.  Have new technologies effectively wiped away our personal privacy?  Will the government's legislative proposals do more harm than good?  Are efforts to preserve privacy legislation doomed?


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