Managing the pandemic through contact-tracing Apps: Technological innovation or a challenge to privacy and civil liberties?

Friday, June 26, 2020 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

The Defence and Security Foresight Group (¶Ù³§¹ó-³Ò)Ìýis cohosting a lunch-and-learn webinar with the À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµÂ Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute (CPI).

This event will feature a panel discussion with —
  • Douglas Stebila, CPI, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ
  • Plinio Morita, CPI, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ
  • Bessma Momani, DSF-G, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ
  • Moderated by Florian Kerschbaum, CPI, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ
The panel will discuss the implications of emerging COVID-19 contact-tracing apps from the perspectives of their respective faculties. Notably, they will discuss how Canadian jurisdictions are developing and deploying contact-tracing apps without sufficient technical review by independent security and privacy experts. This panel will highlight how such reviews should be conducted by experts from the Canadian security and privacy ecosystem, with a mandate to protect civil liberties and uphold the highest ethical and technical standards.   Â