Jennifer Stoddart
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Jennifer Stoddart is the current Privacy Commissioner of Canada
.
Stoddart received a licence in civil law
from McGill University
as well as a Master of Arts
in history from the Université du Québec à Montréal
. On December 1, 2003, Stoddart was appointed Canada's Privacy Commissioner by the Governor in Council for a seven year term. In December 2010, she was reappointed for a three-year term.
She represents Canada at the annual International Conference on Privacy and Personal Data Protection.
In November 2005 a journalist showed Stoddart her own telecommunication-data for the past few months - the ones from her private connection as well as those from the blackberry-systems provided by the government - which he had bought by an online data broker for about $ 200.
Stoddart has been active in the Canadian Bar Association
and the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice.
Privacy Commissioner of Canada
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada is a special ombudsman and an officer of parliament who reports directly to the House of Commons and the Senate....
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Stoddart received a licence in civil law
Civil law (legal system)
Civil law is a legal system inspired by Roman law and whose primary feature is that laws are codified into collections, as compared to common law systems that gives great precedential weight to common law on the principle that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently on different...
from McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
as well as a Master of Arts
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in history from the Université du Québec à Montréal
Université du Québec à Montréal
The Université du Québec à Montréal is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Basic facts:The UQAM is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québec , a public university system with other branches in Gatineau , Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec City, Chicoutimi, and...
. On December 1, 2003, Stoddart was appointed Canada's Privacy Commissioner by the Governor in Council for a seven year term. In December 2010, she was reappointed for a three-year term.
She represents Canada at the annual International Conference on Privacy and Personal Data Protection.
In November 2005 a journalist showed Stoddart her own telecommunication-data for the past few months - the ones from her private connection as well as those from the blackberry-systems provided by the government - which he had bought by an online data broker for about $ 200.
Stoddart has been active in the Canadian Bar Association
Canadian Bar Association
The Canadian Bar Association represents over 37,000 lawyers, judges, notaries, law teachers, and law students from across Canada.-History:The Association's first Annual Meeting was held in Montreal in 1896. However, the CBA has been in continuous existence in its present form since 1914...
and the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice.
See also
- Ann CavoukianAnn CavoukianAnn Cavoukian is the current Information and Privacy Commissioner for the Canadian province of Ontario.- Early life and career :Born in Cairo in 1952 to ethnic Armenian parents Artin and Lucie Cavoukian, Cavoukian immigrated to Toronto with her family in 1958...
(IPC of Ontario) - Hugo Teufel IIIHugo Teufel IIIHugo Teufel III was appointed as Chief Privacy Officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security by Secretary Michael Chertoff on 21 July 2006, after a ten-month vacancy that was filled by acting Chief Privacy Officer, Maureen C. Cooney...
(Chief Privacy Officer, DHS) - Jacques Saint-Laurent (Chair, Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec)
External links
- Biography of Jennifer Stoddart
- http://www.privacyconference2005.org/