In an interview with Communitech, Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart shares insights about online privacy, including the challenges of keeping personal information safe and raising public awareness to potential threats. When asked about key concerns, Stoddart focused on two issues. The first is the need for a paradigm shift so that companies, as she put it, "Innovate for privacy, and if you don't, either in terms of reputational harm or in terms of monetary penalties, it won't be worth your while." Secondly, she said, is the issue of data security, adding that amid many recent reports of breaches, "I think we really have to look at rejigging the incentive system."
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