Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: Understanding Online Tracking, Profiling & Targeting

The first Online Tracking, Profiling and Targeting event will take place on April 29, 2010 at the One King West Hotel in Toronto. Information is available in the Consultation Notice.

Audience seating is now very limited for this event – please contact us if you still wish to attend.

8:30 – 9:30 am Opening Remarks

Ms. Jennifer Stoddart, Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Mr. Brian Beamish, Assistant Commissioner for Access, OIPC Ontario

Ms. Elizabeth Denham, Assistant Privacy Commissioner of Canada

9:30 – 10:00 am International Context for these Consultations

Mr. David C. Vladeck, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, US Federal Trade Commission

10:30 – 11:45 am Panel 1: Advertising

Dr. Avner Levin, Director of the Privacy and Cyber Crime Institute, Ryerson University

Ms. Anne Toth, Chief Privacy Officer, Yahoo

Mr. Jules Polonetsky, Director, Future of Privacy Forum

Ms. Paula Gignac, President, Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada

1:15 – 2:30 pm Panel 2: Location-based/Geospatial Tracking

Dr. Teresa Scassa, Canada Research Chair in Information Law, University of Ottawa

Mr. Jesse Hirsh, Broadcaster

Mr. Keith McIntosh, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association

Mr. Ross Buchanan, Director of Digital and Relationship Marketing, Molson Coors Canada

Mr. Prashant Shukle, Director General of the Mapping Information Branch, Natural Resources Canada

3:00 – 4:15 pm Panel 3: Children’s Privacy in the Evolving Online Environment

Ms. Sara Grimes, PhD Candidate with the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University

Mr. Matthew Johnson, Media Education Specialist, Media Awareness Network

Ms. Catherine Connors, parenting blogger and author of www.HerBadMother.com

Dr. Jacquelyn Burkell, Associate Professor, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario