Jennifer Stoddart
Jennifer Stoddart (* 1949 in Toronto ) is the acting Canadian data protection officer.
Stoddart holds a Civil Law License from McGill University , a Masters of Arts in History from Université du Québec à Montréal and PhD from the University of Paris VII. She has taught history and law at UQAM and McGill University.
Stoddart held various public administration roles in the Québec and Canadian governments , including the Canadian and Québec Human Rights Commissions. She is currently a board member of the Canadian Institute for Justice Administration.
Before she was appointed Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Stoddart was President of the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec, an authority responsible for information access and data protection.
On December 1, 2003, Stoddart was named Canada's Privacy Commissioner. The term of office is seven years. She represents Canada in the International Conference of Commissioners for Data Protection and Privacy .
In November 2005, a journalist showed Stoddart her phone connection data for the past few months - both the calls made from her home phone and the data from the Blackberry system made available to her by the government . The journalist bought the data online from a US data broker for $ 200 without answering any further questions.
See also
- Ann Cavoukian (Information and Privacy Commissioner Ontario)
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| SURNAME | Stoddart, Jennifer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian privacy expert |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto |