Emily Laidlaw – The Conversation

Advanced tracking and AI tools are allowing companies to charge different people different prices for the same produce or service. A customer browses a grocery store aisle in Toronto in February 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

April 17, 2025

Price discrimination is getting smarter — and low‑income consumers are paying the price

Raymond A. Patterson, University of Calgary; Emily Laidlaw, University of Calgary, and Jian Zhang, University of Calgary

When artificial intelligence knows consumers can’t afford to walk away, price increases and quality decreases.

We have minimal rights to privacy in public in Canada. (Shutterstock)

July 5, 2017

‘CanadaCreep’ case highlights need for better privacy laws

Emily Laidlaw, University of Calgary

To properly address the social harm of online privacy invasions, such as in the “CanadaCreep case,” Canada must devote federal attention to strengthening its minimal and unclear privacy laws.

The backlash against state surveillance is growing stronger by the day. ubiquit

December 11, 2013

A digital rights bill means nothing without basic state compliance

Emily Laidlaw, University of East Anglia

More than 500 high-profile names, including authors, musicians and five Nobel laureates, have signed a petition to the United Nations calling for a bill of digital rights to be developed in the wake of…

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