The steady stream of revelations arising from the disclosures made by Edward Snowden have been deeply concerning for many around the world. The complete absence of any transparency has been unprecedented. In response, Dr. Cavoukian and Professor Khaled El Emam, of the University of Ottawa, have developed a new methodology called, “Privacy-Protective Surveillance,” (PPS) to […]

A new concept for surveillance – Privacy-Protective Surveillance (PPS), is being advanced in this paper – a positive-sum (the opposite of zero-sum) alternative to current counter-terrorism surveillance systems – with a methodology developed for its implementation. Download the Executive Summary. As long as the threat of terrorism exists and the global conditions that instantiate those […]