Explore privacy research
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) generates privacy research in a few ways. It conducts in-house research, commissions expert research and provides funding for independent research projects. In addition, the OPC regularly conducts public opinion research with Canadians, Canadian businesses and other audiences to stay abreast of privacy awareness, understanding, attitudes and perceptions.
By funding privacy research that draws from, and includes, Canadian perspectives, we help generate information, insights, analysis, and in some instances, debate—all of which contribute to the protection and promotion of privacy.
Start here to explore the wealth of privacy research on the OPC web site.
Privacy Analysis of VR/AR Online Shopping Applications
Organization: Concordia University
Project Leaders: Mohammad Mannan and Amr Youssef
Mitigating Race, Gender, and Privacy Impacts of AI Facial Recognition Technology
Organization: Faculty of Law, University of Calgary
Project Leader: Dr. Gideon Christian
A Pan-Canadian Data Governance Framework for Health Synthetic Data
Organization: University of Waterloo
Project Leaders: Anindya Sen, Helen Chen, Maura Grossman, Shu-Feng Tsao
Hacking the Human Mind: Lessons for Canada’s Democracy
Organization: Centre for International Governance Innovation
Project Leader: Aaron Shull
In the Matrix—Consumer Privacy in the Metaverse
Organization: Option consommateurs
Project Leader: Written by Sara Eve Levac and Luis Pineda
Identifying and Responding to Privacy Dark Patterns
Organization: The University of Western Ontario
Project Leader: Jacquelyn Burkell
Dominique Kelly
Large Language Models and the Disappearing Private Sphere
Organization: Queen’s University
Project Leader: Dr. Catherine Stinson
Making Privacy More than a Virtual Reality: The Challenges of Extending Canadian Privacy Law to Extended Reality
Organization: CIPPIC
Project Leader: Christian Clevette
Benchmarking Differential Privacy and Existing Anonymization or De-identification Guidance
Organization: University of Ottawa
Project Leader: Rafal Kulik
Vertical “Just-in-Time” Privacy Policy Videos for Social Media Mobile Apps
Organization: York University
Project Leader: Jonathan Obar
David Gelb
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