Contributions Program 2006-2007 – Research funded by the OPC

Research Projects funded under 2006-2007 Contributions Program

The OPC's Contributions Program is intended to fund independent privacy research and projects. The opinions expressed in the reports and related summaries are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. Summaries have been provided by the project authors. Please note that the projects appear in their language of origin.

• July 14, 2006  news release announcing the awarding of $388,319, under the OPC 2005-2006 Contributions Program: http://www.privcom.gc.ca/media/nr-c/2006/nr-c_060714_e.asp

Automobile Consumer Coalition/Car Help Canada

• Vehicle Technology and Consumer Privacy

Canadian Association for Professional Access and Privacy Administrators and Canadian Access and Privacy Association

• Professional Certifications Standards Project

Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic

• Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic: Digital Rights Management Technologies and Consumer Privacy: An Assessment of DRM Applications under Canadian Privacy Law

Centre for Bioethics, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal

• Secondary Uses of Personal Information Held on National Electronic Health Record Systems: Key Developments, Issues and Concerns

Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute

• The Development of Pan-Canadian De-Identification Guidelines for Personal Health Information

Memorial University

• Technology Choices and Privacy Policy in Health Care

L’Union des consommateurs

• Is the Trade in Personal Information Beneficial to Consumers?

University of Toronto Faculty of Information Studies and London School of Economics and Political Science

• Can ID? Visions for Canada’s Identity Policy: Understanding Identity Policy and Policy Alternatives

University of Western Ontario

• Strategies for Drafting Privacy Policies Kids Can Understand