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article__date"> <time class="ma0 gray" datetime="2022-12-14" itemprop="datePublished">December 14, 2022</time></div></div> <div dir="ltr" class="article__excerpt excerpt"> <p>Police led mass iris scan collection in Qinghai, a region with a population that is 49.4% non-Han, including Tibetans and Hui Muslims. Iris scan collection is part of long-standing police intelligence gathering programs. Through this data collection, Qinghai’s police are effectively treating entire communities as populated by potential threats to social stability.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-78969" role="article" class="article__preview article__preview--horizontal "> <div class="article__thumbnail w-third-ns"> <div class="w-100"> <a class="no-underline db aspect-ratio aspect-ratio--6x4" href="https://citizenlab.ca/2022/11/mobility-data-and-canadian-privacy-law-explained/" rel="bookmark"> <div class="aspect-ratio--object cover" style="background:url( https://citizenlab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/featured-image-297x167.jpg) center;"></div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="article__previewtext article__previewtext--horizontal"> <header dir="ltr" > <h1><a href="https://citizenlab.ca/2022/11/mobility-data-and-canadian-privacy-law-explained/" rel="bookmark">Mobility Data and Canadian Privacy Law Explained</a></h1> </header> <div class="article__date"><div class="f6 article__date"> <time class="ma0 gray" datetime="2022-11-22" itemprop="datePublished">November 22, 2022</time></div></div> <div dir="ltr" class="article__excerpt excerpt"> <p>Analysis and recommendations pertaining to the collection of de-identified mobility data and its use in Canadian privacy law. In this explainer, we discuss our findings and recommendations with Amanda Cutinha and Christopher Parsons, the report’s authors.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-78960" role="article" class="article__preview article__preview--horizontal "> <div class="article__thumbnail w-third-ns"> <div class="w-100"> <a class="no-underline db aspect-ratio aspect-ratio--6x4" href="https://citizenlab.ca/2022/11/a-critical-analysis-of-the-collection-of-de-identified-mobility-data/" rel="bookmark"> <div class="aspect-ratio--object cover" style="background:url( https://citizenlab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/featured-image-297x167.jpg) center;"></div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="article__previewtext article__previewtext--horizontal"> <header dir="ltr" > <h1><a href="https://citizenlab.ca/2022/11/a-critical-analysis-of-the-collection-of-de-identified-mobility-data/" rel="bookmark">Minding Your Business: A Critical Analysis of the Collection of De-identified Mobility Data and Its Use Under Socially Beneficial and Legitimate Business Exemptions in Canadian Privacy Law</a></h1> </header> <div class="article__date"><div class="f6 article__date"> <time class="ma0 gray" datetime="2022-11-22" itemprop="datePublished">November 22, 2022</time></div></div> <div dir="ltr" class="article__excerpt excerpt"> <p>We investigate the collection of mobility data by the federal government of Canada, its legality under the existing and proposed privacy regime, and proposed recommendations for the reform of draft Bill C-27 which would address many of the issues in the governance of mobility data.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-78823" role="article" class="article__preview article__preview--horizontal "> <div class="article__thumbnail w-third-ns"> <div class="w-100"> <a class="no-underline db aspect-ratio aspect-ratio--6x4" href="https://citizenlab.ca/2022/09/mass-dna-collection-in-the-tibet-autonomous-region/" rel="bookmark"> <div class="aspect-ratio--object cover" style="background:url( https://citizenlab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/featured-image-tibetdna-265x199.jpg) center;"></div> </a> </div> </div> <div class="article__previewtext article__previewtext--horizontal"> <header dir="ltr" > <h1><a href="https://citizenlab.ca/2022/09/mass-dna-collection-in-the-tibet-autonomous-region/" rel="bookmark">Mass DNA Collection in the Tibet Autonomous Region from 2016–2022</a></h1> </header> <div class="article__date"><div class="f6 article__date"> <time class="ma0 gray" datetime="2022-09-13" itemprop="datePublished">September 13, 2022</time></div></div> <div dir="ltr" class="article__excerpt excerpt"> <p>We find that mass DNA collection in Tibet is another mass DNA collection campaign conducted under the Xi Jinping administration (2012–present), along with the mass DNA collection campaign in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and the police-led national program of male DNA collection.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-75852" 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itemprop="datePublished">December 21, 2021</time></div></div> <div dir="ltr" class="article__excerpt excerpt"> <p>In this submission, we urge the TPSB to centre precaution, substantive equality, human rights, privacy protections, transparency, and accountability in its policy on the use of AI technology by the Toronto Police Services (TPS).</p> </div> </div> </article> </div> <nav><ul class="list pa0"> <li class="dib black"><span aria-current="page" class="pa2">1</span></li> <li class="dib black"><a class="pa2 blue no-underline underline-hover" href="https://citizenlab.ca/category/research/transparency/page/2/">2</a></li> <li class="dib black"><a class="pa2 blue no-underline underline-hover" href="https://citizenlab.ca/category/research/transparency/page/3/">3</a></li> <li class="dib black"><a class="pa2 blue no-underline underline-hover" href="https://citizenlab.ca/category/research/transparency/page/4/">4</a></li> <li class="dib black"><a class="pa2 blue no-underline underline-hover" 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