The government is planning to allow the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to investigate cases where people feel their personal data is being used inappropriately. Do you think that will be helpful to you?
What could the Privacy Commissioner do to make sure the complaint process is accessible and useful for young people specifically?
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If a private company is caught using your personal data inappropriately, what should the consequence be?
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Do you have any other concerns about your privacy online? If so, what are they?
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What is something you do to protect your privacy online that you would recommend to other young people?
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Privacy Rights: What U-Reporters Have To Say
What could the Privacy Commissioner do to make sure the complaint process is accessible and useful for young people specifically?
• Raise awareness of privacy rights and the complaints process among young people:
o Promote in schools, through youth organizations, and on social media
o Use clear, youth-friendly language and infographics
• Involve diverse young people in designing the complaint process
• Make the process simple, easy to use, and reasonably fast
• Allow complainants to remain anonymous, and don’t require parental permission for those under 18
• Make the complaint process accessible through a mobile app
• Make the website accessible, well-designed, and user friendly
• Provide information about what constitutes a violation, what will happen in the complaint process, and how to protect your data in the future
• Make it widely available: for example, require all websites that collect data (especially those used by young people) to have a link to the complaint process
If a private company is caught using your personal data inappropriately, what should the consequence be?
• Substantial fines
o Could be based on a percentage of company’s net worth
o Fines could go toward data privacy education for the public
• Legal action, jail time
• Deletion of all affected data
• Addition of company name to a public record
• Suspension or termination of the company’s activities/services
• Compensation for the affected individuals or communities
o For example: if collecting data from 65+ year old’s they should pay money to the government pension plan
• Review of their data management processes
• Closer government monitoring and scrutiny of their data collection practices going forward
Do you have any other concerns about your privacy online? If so, what are they?
• Companies, apps, or hackers having access to my camera and microphone
• Not knowing how my personal data and information are being collected and used
• Identity theft
• Surveillance, tracking, stalking
• Hackers or scammers gaining access to my information
• Lack of regulation of data privacy
• Permanence and accessibility of everything we put online (e.g. photos)
What is something you do to protect your privacy online that you would recommend to other young people?
• Keep social media profiles set to private
• Limit the amount of information you provide to websites (e.g. avoid sharing your birthday, full name, or phone number if possible)
• Don’t share any private information like passwords, address, or financial information online
• Don’t share anything with suspicious websites
• Use different passwords for different sites and update them regularly
• Use a VPN when sensitive information is being handled (e.g. your SIN number)
• Check and update privacy settings regularly
• Think carefully about what you post or share online
• Disable settings like camera permission, location services, and cookies
