Surveillance and Privacy
Governments are modernizing their privacy regulations as public and private actors are adopting unprecedented data-gathering practices to surveil and control populations around the world.
The Centre’s work in this domain examines the policy, legal, and ethical challenges posed by the use of such new surveillance technologies and offers a roadmap as policymakers confront the privacy and human rights impacts of such technologies.
Recent Submission
Facial Recognition Governance
Facial recognition technology has expanded into various domains of public life including surveillance, policing, education, and employment, despite known risks such as identity-based discrimination, data privacy infringements, and opaque institutional decision-making. This work evaluates the challenges posed by the adoption of facial recognition to base the coordination and reform of global policies in this area in sound research, and to safeguard the publics on which this technology is used.
Monitoring COVID-19
In the wake of the 2020 global pandemic, governments and corporations around the world are adopting unprecedented data-gathering practices to both stop the spread of COVID-19 and transition to safer and more economically stable futures. This work examines how public and private actors are using pandemic response technologies to capitalize on this extraordinary moment of upheaval.
