IDENTIFYING DISINFORMATION — PART II of V
Monitoring Online Discourse During An Election: A 5-Part Series Using AI to track disinformation during an election campaign. How can online disinformation be identified and tracked? KI Design provided social media monitoring solutions for the 2019 Canadian federal election.[1] KI Social is a suite of tools designed to support three main areas of Electoral Management…
Monitoring Online Discourse During An Election: A 5-Part Series
PART I: INTRODUCTION Online interference with elections is a reality of 21st century politics. Social media disinformation campaigns have targeted citizens of democracies across the globe and impacted public perceptions and poll results, often dramatically. Disinformation: False information spread with the intent to deceive. Misinformation: Inaccurate information spread without an intent to deceive. Political campaigns,…
Police use of AI-based facial recognition – Privacy threats and opportunities !!
This article describes the issue of Police use of AI-based facial recognition technology, discusses why it poses a problem, describes the methodology of assessment, and proposes a solution The CBC reported on March 3[1] that the federal privacy watchdog in Canada and three of its provincial counterparts will jointly investigate police use of facial-recognition technology…
Measuring Fear? #Coronavirus
Disease Sentiment Analysis for Diseases and Pandemics COVID-19 is a global concern. It is affecting communities with over 2500 deaths while the number of cases continues to climb. Canada has issued travel advisory level 3 ( avoid non-essential travel to several countries including China. Thousands of health professionals continue to deal with the risk of infection. Some…
Best-Practice Data Transfers for Canadian Companies – III – Vendor Contracts
PREPARING FOR DATA TRANSFER – CLAUSES FOR VENDOR CONTRACTS A three-part series from KI Design: Part I: Data Outsourcing Part II: Cross-border Data Transfers Part III: Preparing for Data Transfer – Clauses for Vendor Contracts The following guidelines are best-practice recommendations for ensuring that transferred data is processed in compliance with standard regulatory privacy laws. While a…
Best-Practice Data Transfers for Canadian Companies – Part II
CROSS-BORDER DATA TRANSFERS A three-part series from KI Design: Part I: Data Outsourcing , Part II: Cross-border Data Transfers, Part III: Preparing for Data Transfer – Clauses for Vendor Contracts When personal information (PI) is moved across federal or provincial boundaries in the course of commercial activity, it’s considered a cross-border data transfer. Transferring data brings…
Best-Practice Data Transfers for Canadian Companies – I – Outsourcing
DATA OUTSOURCING In our digitally interconnected world, most organizations that handle personal information will transfer it to a third party at some stage of the data life cycle. Your company may send personal information (PI) to an external service provider such as PayPal to process customer payments – that’s a data transfer. Perhaps you hired…
“False Light” – Canada’s Newest Tort
A tort recognized by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice last month expands privacy protections for Canadians by adopting a well-established US cause of action. Torts are an essential element of common law. A tort is a wrongful act or injury that leads to physical, emotional, or financial damage to a person, for which another…
Should Laws Regulate Online Discourse?
Most Canadians woke up to news of the #RCMP #GRC launching a probe into hate speech by an Alt-Right group leader who is seeking national party status. The probe came after an Anti Hate group filed a report. The news article was shared hundreds of times. The RCMP probe is timely, because hate online is a virus…
Using AI to Combat AI-Generated Disinformation
AI can be impact election outcomes? how can this be combatted?
Privacy in Design: A Practical Guide to Corporate Compliance
A series of articles offering a sneak peek into my e-book, Privacy in Design: A Practical Guide to Corporate Compliance.
Canada’s Digital Charter
Following the G7 meeting in Paris last week, the government of Canada announced its first-ever Digital Charter. Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, @NavdeepSBains unveiled the 10 principles meant to govern digital communications. During the G7 World leaders and heads of global technology companies have pledged at a Paris summit to tackle terrorist and extremist…