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Teresa Scassa
@teresascassa.bsky.social
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Law professor specializing in tech law (privacy, AI, data). Gardener.
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I enjoyed speaking with @mgeist.bsky.social about this recent court decision with interesting implications for Canadian privacy law. @cdtsuottawaclts.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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The terrific @colleenmflood.bsky.social speaking on regulation of AI enabled medical devices at the University of Sao Paulo School of Public Health today.
April 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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I've just posted a piece that considers whether the use of facial recognition tech in the retail sector in Canada is emerging as a privacy no-go zone: open.substack.com/pub/teresasc... @cdtsuottawaclts.bsky.social @cendemtech.bsky.social @oipcbc.bsky.social @anabrandusescu.bsky.social
Routine Retail Facial Recognition Systems an Emerging Privacy No-Go Zone in Canada?
(This post also appears on my blog at http://www.teresascassa.ca)
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March 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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My new post looks at the judicial review decision on the BC Privacy Commissioner's Order following the joint investigation of Clearview AI. It also considers the challenges of enforcing compliance in Canada's complicated privacy landscape @oipcbc.bsky.social @cdtsuottawaclts.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Wendy Wong setting the tone for this year’s VIPSs conference with her talk on data and human rights. @rebootcomm.bsky.social @emilylaidlaw.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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My most recent article "Legal Definitions of Intimate Images in the Age of Sexual Deepfakes and Generative AI" has been published in the McGill Law Journal

Read it here!
Legal Definitions of Intimate Images in the Age of Sexual Deepfakes and Generative AI
This article explores the evolution of Canadian criminal and civil responses to non-consensual synthetic intimate image creation and distribution. In recent years, the increasing accessibility of this...
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March 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Ontario is planning to introduce a new Digital Health ID in Bill 231 - currently before the legislature. My new post offers some thoughts on this bill: open.substack.com/pub/teresasc...
#phipa #privacy #digitalID
Digital Health ID as a Privacy Workaround? The Problem(s) with Ontario’s Bill 231
Ontario plans to introduce digital identity services (Digital ID) to provide Ontarians with better access to their personal health information (PHI) in the provincial Electronic Health Record (EHR).
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March 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Automating Public Services: Learning from
Cancelled Systems by Joanne Redden, Jessica Brand, Ina Sander and Harry Warne carnegieuk.org/wp-content/u...
December 11, 2024 at 8:35 AM
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I'm so pleased to see that a paper I wrote with my doctoral student Nur Kumru on privacy regulatory sandboxes for Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner is now published: www.ipc.on.ca/en/resources.... @cdtsuottawaclts.bsky.social
Exploring the Potential for a Privacy Regulatory Sandbox for Ontario
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December 11, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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The Federal Court of Canada recently considered procedural fairness issues related to automated decision-making - I explore the implications of this decision in a post on my new substack: teresascassa.substack.com/p/crafting-a... @cdtsuottawaclts.bsky.social
Crafting a More Nuanced Right to an Explanation in Administrative Law: A comment on Ali v. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
A recent decision of the Federal Court of Canada (Ali v.
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November 22, 2024 at 2:37 PM
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New Job! Postdoctoral Visitor in AI & Governance at #YorkU (Canada). Deadline 20 December 2024.

#STS #law #AIgovernance

More details about the role are contained in the job ad: www.yorku.ca/research/wp-...

Working with myself, @tdagne.bsky.social & Rob Gehl
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November 19, 2024 at 3:15 PM
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“The Shifting Value of Personal Data”

🗣 OPINION par/by Teresa Scassa
📰 CIGI
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The Shifting Value of Personal Data
Emerging data rights can give individuals and communities more control over both the personal and non-personal data that they generate.
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November 15, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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Join us on December 2nd for a conversation with Dr. Kristen Thomasen and Prof. Jane Bailey examining issues of surveillance and security in the smart home context.

ℹ️/🎟 www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...
November 15, 2024 at 2:48 PM
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“Automating housing (in)justice: The promise and limits of ‘fair’ rent tech”
Discover a new blog by Tegan Cohen as part of The AI + Society's “Global Emerging Voices on AI and Society” blog series!
› www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...
November 15, 2024 at 2:56 PM
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I was pleased to have my paper on the shifting value of personal data included in CIGI's collection titled The Role of Governance in Unleashing the Power of Data: www.cigionline.org/publications... @cdtsuottawaclts.bsky.social @cca-reports.ca #datagovernance #privacy
The Role of Governance in Unleashing the Value of Data
In 2018, the essay series Data Governance in the Digital Age anticipated some of the data governance issues that have emerged, such as surveillance capitalism and the economics of data, but did not co...
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November 19, 2024 at 1:09 PM
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Hello Bluesky! I was looking for refuge from toXic X. Looking forward to seeing old friends, colleagues and contacts here.
November 19, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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The unstoppable Dr. Catherine Régis bringing us home as we wrap up the day at Queen’s Law. The busy whiteboard is a reflection of a great day of dialogue comparing Brazilian and Canadian approaches to Health AI!
Dr Catherine Régis, wearing black pants and a white sweater, stands between a busy white board and a large projection screen as she presents to an audience that can’t be seen on camera. The screen has a slide with the Queen’s Law logo and the words “Welcome” and “Comparison of Brazilian and Canadian Approached to the Regulation of Health AI”.
November 18, 2024 at 8:53 PM
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Queen’s Law Dean (and Canada’s leading health law scholar) Colleen Flood, unpacks some of what she sees as being the real glaring problems in Health Canada’s proposed approach to regulating Health AI. Hopefully HC’s consultation report is released soon!
Queen’s Law Dean Colleen Flood stands at front of lecture hall in front of a large screen displaying a slideshow presentation. The slide on the screen is titled “Current gaps in regulation” and includes a list of gaps in Canada’s approach to the regulation of healthcare AI.
November 18, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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Learning now about Brazil’s digital health infrastructure and regulation of health AI. Thanks to Dr. Ana Estrella Haddad, who is Brazil’s National Secretary on Digital Health, Ministry of Health, for such an enlightening presentation!
Dr. Ana Estrella Haddad, who is Brazil’s National Secretary on Digital Health, Ministry of Health, stands behind a lectern and in front of a PowerPoint presentation projected onto the wall, at Queen’s University Law School. The title on the slide is “Self-declaration of race/colour, social name and address in the App.”
November 18, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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Today is going to be a day of great conversations as we discuss regulation of Health AI.
istedman.bsky.social Ian Stedman @istedman.bsky.social · Nov 18
At Queen’s Law for the day, connecting with colleagues from across Canada and Brazil to discuss the regulation of healthcare AI. The brilliant @teresascassa.bsky.social is getting us started with an overview of Canada’s broader AI regulation efforts!
Wearing a green blazer, Professor Teresa Scassa gives an academic talk while standing behind a lectern at Queen’s University Law and in front of a screen displaying her power point presentation. The screen says “Canadian Developments in AI Regulation”.
November 18, 2024 at 3:30 PM