Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart has announced the recipients of the 2011-2012 Contributions Programs, which will provide $350,000 for privacy research and public education initiatives. Recipients will use the funds to advance privacy research. Initiatives include the creation of  a cross-media game to teach children about privacy; an interactive educational package about protecting personal privacy for teachers to use, and a study focusing on the interaction between private-sector data gatherers and law enforcement authorities. Stoddart said funding privacy research and outreach "generates new ideas, approaches and information, which Canadians can use to make smart decisions about protecting their personal information."
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