The federal government's proposed updates to digital privacy law favour the concerns of tech giants over the protection of ordinary Canadians, says entrepreneur and technology expert Jim Balsillie.
"This legislation has really more holes than Swiss cheese," said Balsillie, founder of the Centre for Digital Rights, and former co-CEO of Research in Motion, the maker of BlackBerry devices.
"It's a function of what the Silicon Valley interests want for their benefit, and I think we need a wholesale revision of this bill," he told The Current's Matt Galloway.
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"This legislation has really more holes than Swiss cheese," said Balsillie, founder of the Centre for Digital Rights, and former co-CEO of Research in Motion, the maker of BlackBerry devices.
"It's a function of what the Silicon Valley interests want for their benefit, and I think we need a wholesale revision of this bill," he told The Current's Matt Galloway.
read more (CBC)
