Deletions
- Proposal text
- Section 3 of The Privacy Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. P-21) shall be amended under the definition of
- “personal information.” Section 3(n) shall be added which reads: “Information related to biorhythms,
-and/or neurological patterns.”- The Criminal Code will be updated to include a law against the collection of neurological patterns
- or biorhythmic data without the consent of the individual, with a special focus on espionage,
- blackmail or political manipulation.
- The Criminal Code will be updated with reference to s. 7 and s. 8 of the Charter of Rights to
- Freedoms to protect citizens from unreasonable search by law enforcement using techniques to collect
- biorhythms or neurological patterns, especially when they have an expectation of privacy.
- A committee will be convened to create a comprehensive framework for NeuroPrivacy Rights, as well as
- a plan for regulating technologies that can breach NeuroPrivacy Rights.
- Type of Proposal
- Public policy that the party would represent
- Objective / Benefit
- Advances in neurobiology, machine learning and surveillance technology allow for the large-scale
- collection of biorhythm information in previously unrecorded modalities. These innovations allow for
- the collection of entirely new types of private information that are not protected under our current
- privacy laws. These include everything from biorhythms to neurological activity. This information
- could be collected by government organizations and private individuals for surveillance, business or
- other purposes. Addressing these shortfalls in our privacy laws requires both the protection of
- individuals against actions taken by the government and the criminalization of the unlawful
- collection of neurological or biorhythmic data without consent.
- If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?
- N/A
- List any supporting evidence for your proposal
- "In 2017, a young European bioethicist, Marcello Ienca, was anticipating these potential dangers. He
- proposed a new class of legal rights: neuro rights, the freedom to decide who is allowed to monitor,
- read or alter your brain."
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/07/our-notion-of-privacy-will-be-useless-what-happens-if-technology-learns-to-read-our-minds
- Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the
- group or groups?
- N/A
- Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?
- Yes
- Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.
- English
Additions
- Proposal text
- Section 3 of The Privacy Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. P-21) shall be amended under the definition of
- “personal information.” Section 3(n) shall be added which reads: “Information related to biorhythms,
- +or neurological patterns.”
- The Criminal Code will be updated to include a law against the collection of neurological patterns
- or biorhythmic data without the consent of the individual, with a special focus on espionage,
- blackmail or political manipulation.
- The Criminal Code will be updated with reference to s. 7 and s. 8 of the Charter of Rights to
- Freedoms to protect citizens from unreasonable search by law enforcement using techniques to collect
- biorhythms or neurological patterns, especially when they have an expectation of privacy.
- A committee will be convened to create a comprehensive framework for NeuroPrivacy Rights, as well as
- a plan for regulating technologies that can breach NeuroPrivacy Rights.
- Type of Proposal
- Public policy that the party would represent
- Objective / Benefit
- Advances in neurobiology, machine learning and surveillance technology allow for the large-scale
- collection of biorhythm information in previously unrecorded modalities. These innovations allow for
- the collection of entirely new types of private information that are not protected under our current
- privacy laws. These include everything from biorhythms to neurological activity. This information
- could be collected by government organizations and private individuals for surveillance, business or
- other purposes. Addressing these shortfalls in our privacy laws requires both the protection of
- individuals against actions taken by the government and the criminalization of the unlawful
- collection of neurological or biorhythmic data without consent.
- If your proposal replaces an existing policy or policies, which one does it replace?
- N/A
- List any supporting evidence for your proposal
- "In 2017, a young European bioethicist, Marcello Ienca, was anticipating these potential dangers. He
- proposed a new class of legal rights: neuro rights, the freedom to decide who is allowed to monitor,
- read or alter your brain."
- https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/07/our-notion-of-privacy-will-be-useless-what-happens-if-technology-learns-to-read-our-minds
- Does this proposal affect any particular group and what efforts have been made to consult with the
- group or groups?
- N/A
- Jurisdiction: Is this proposal under federal jurisdiction?
- Yes
- Please indicate the language the proposal is being submitted in.
- English
