Personal Control and Freedom Are Essential to Preserving Privacy in an Online World of Growing Surveillance

Individuals are beginning to lose effective control over their personal information in this era of ubiquitous mobile, social and cloud computing. The future of digital privacy may depend on changing the current online paradigm from “Use At Your Own Risk” to “My Data, My Rules” by providing individuals with greater control over their personal information. To explain how information systems may be engineered to enable privacy and control automatically — by default, Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, and Absio Corporation President and CEO, Dan Kruger have