In an opinion piece for the Toronto Star, Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian discusses the term “metadata,” frequently used since revelations of the U.S. National Security Agency’s surveillance program. While government officials defend the use of metadata, claiming it isn’t privacy invasive because it doesn’t access telecommunications content, Cavoukian says this is “fanciful thinking–perpetuating a myth that is highly misleading. The truth is that collecting metadata can actually be more revealing than accessing the content of our communications.” Cavoukian has also published a white paper on the topic.
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