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Director, Surveillance Studies Centre, Professor of Sociology, Queen's University, Ontario

Governments are implementing surveillance technologies to monitor and control the spread of COVID-19. (Shutterstock)

May 24, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic highlights the need for a surveillance debate beyond ‘privacy’

David Lyon, Queen's University, Ontario

Privacy regulation can’t keep pace with the supersystems collecting, analyzing and using personal data.

Using data during election campaigns is nothing new. But as the Canadian federal election approaches, authorities must be diligent that data tracking doesn’t become surveillance. (Shutterstock)

August 5, 2019

Data‑driven elections and the key questions about voter surveillance

David Lyon, Queen's University, Ontario and Colin Bennett, University of Victoria

Data analytics have played a role in elections for years. But today’s massive voter relationship management platforms use digital campaigning practices to take it to another level.

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