It’s easy to assume that we are all on the same page about what privacy is. But, as information technologies, machine learning, social media, cloud services and the availability of data driven gadgetry increasingly bridge the privacy profession with cyber security, data analytics, risk management and others, it’s important to unpack the concept a little:

JT and Sophie talk about the risky business of data giants enabling our Smart Cities and the opportunities we have now, in terms of public policy and models of citizen engagement, to change the trajectory of our society.

This is our last interview for 2019 on the IoTSI Privacy Matters podcast… and we dive down a really interesting rabbit hole! Nicole is joined by John Tsopanis and Dr Sophie Payne to talk about the data machine – in particular, the large data driven companies that rely on the personal information of citizens in order to keep their businesses alive and thriving.

Along with being the CEO of Joyn Social Media, a replacement for Facebook built on blockchain technology, JT is a cat person, a tea drinker and a bar stool philosopher that believes the democratisation of data will solve the root of almost all evils. When he’s not debating competitively in universities and bars around the world JT is figuring out how to bring down the disinformation machine that he believes poses an existential threat to western liberal democracies and open societies globally

Sophie is Joyn’s Chief Product Officer, a Doctor of cognitive neuroscience, a data scientist, and also a cat person ? Sophie is currently developing Joyn Kids - Joyn's social media platform specifically designed for young people under 13 years. Sophie loves the internet and its huge potential as an educational resource - that’s why one of her ambitions for Joyn Kids is to offer free online courses for kids in digital skills. She’s all about helping children develop the skills they need to truly participate in the digital world.

This episode is highly relevant for those tasked with building our Smart Cities; as, before we select vendors and buy and deploy IoT or other connected technologies, we need to think about the kind of world we want to live in.

Learn more about Joyn Social Media and the work of JT and Sophie here: https://www.joynsocialmedia.com

In our introductory podcast in the Privacy Matters series, we talked broadly about what privacy is… and set the stage for further discussion about the opportunities privacy best practice can present in an Internet of Things (IoT) eco-system.

Privacy is about the protection of personal information in accordance with the law.

It’s not surprising, then, that the term “personal information” has a specific meaning in privacy law. Although definitions do vary slightly across jurisdictions, the term is generally understood to mean information about an identified individual, information that identifies an individual or could reasonably lead to the identification of an individual. An individual is a person. And only a natural person (that is, someone who is alive) can have personal information.

Depending on which country you’re standing in, there is some potential for confusion when dealing with privacy language – particularly if you are somewhere that uses the term

“personal data” in place of what others would call personal information. For instance, in its General Data Protection Regulation, the European Union talks about personal data – which is defined as any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

When talking about data, some professionals take the view

In our introductory podcast in the Privacy Matters series, we talked broadly about what privacy is… and set the stage for further discussion about the opportunities privacy best practice can present in an Internet of Things (IoT) eco-system.

Privacy is about the protection of personal information in accordance with the law.

It’s not surprising, then, that the term “personal information” has a specific meaning in privacy law. Although definitions do vary slightly across jurisdictions, the term is generally understood to mean information about an identified individual, information that identifies an individual or could reasonably lead to the identification of an individual. An individual is a person. And only a natural person (that is, someone who is alive) can have personal information.

Depending on which country you’re standing in, there is some potential for confusion when dealing with privacy language – particularly if you are somewhere that uses the term

“personal data” in place of what others would call personal information. For instance, in its General Data Protection Regulation, the European Union talks about personal data – which is defined as any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

When talking about data, some professionals take the view 

that data are random, meaningless facts, figures, numbers or shapes unless they are processed, structured, organised, interpreted or presented in some way as to make them meaningful – and that it is the meaningful presentation of data that then makes information.

This is quite possibly a subject warranting a session of its very own, and opinions on the matter are surely divided. But, as a privacy professional, and in the context of what privacy laws worldwide are intended to do, I would simply offer that we must treat any perceived difference between personal information and personal data as semantic.

Personal information is about the nature of the information, not how it’s captured. It is technology neutral – it can exist across media and in a variety of formats. It can be captured and held in myriad ways – including on paper, on film, on a computer or other device, or in the cloud. It may be easy to understand just from looking at it, or it may be a more complex series of numbers or letters.

How do we, though, apply what we know? We have a definition for personal information, but what does it actually mean? What does personal information look like? 

And just how much information are we talking about here?

Personal information is vast.

It can include what I think of as “the basics”:

•  Contact details, like name, address, telephone number;
•  Demographic details, like birth date, age, sex, marital status, nationality or citizenship; and
•  Education, financial, criminal or employment history.

But, for the uninitiated, it can also include information that might not immediately come to mind, including:

•  Unique identifiers, such as an ID or license number, finger print, iris scan or DNA profile;
•  Location details on a given day or time;
•  Recorded image (such as a photo or video);
•  A voice recording;
•  An opinion or point of view;
•  Online browsing history or patterns; and
•  Other data that is generated or captured by a network or device (such as payment history, number of steps travelled, or the end-point of a taxi trip).

Sometimes you may already know who a person is, and various additional elements of 

their personal information can be combined to form a profile. Perhaps it’s a financial risk profile, a health (or fitness) profile or something linked to whatever it is you’re selling, like a profile for the “person most likely to drive an electric sports car”.

In your role within the IoT eco-system, if you wonder whether something is personal information, ask yourself the following: Is this information about a living person? Is the information about a person whose identity is known to you? If not, is the person identified by this information? Or, could this information reasonably lead to them being identified (whether the information is taken on its own or in combination with other information)?

It’s a fallacy to think that personal information is simply a means to a marketing end. It is, in fact, used across sectors to attend to any number of business functions.

In an IoT direct-to-consumer context, such as enabling smart homes or selling smart cars, I would expect personal information to be collected and used to:

•  Entice or sign up a customer base;
•  Personalise customer experiences with a product;
•  Maintain accounts and contact with customers over time;
•  Identify opportunities to up-sell;
•  Gauge customer satisfaction; and
•  Address problems, faults or questions relating to a product.

Now if IoT technologies are deployed in a wider context, such as in a smart or sustainable city environment (where vendors, industry champions and cities work together), I would expect personal information to be central to:

•  Providing, on a large scale, beneficial technologies to citizens (such as free urban wi- fi, smart water meters or a public transport route planning app).

Additionally, such information would be involved in:

•  Identifying, understanding and perhaps even influencing economic, social or environmental outcomes in the community (for example, improving bushfire evacuation timeframes   through use of environmental sensors linked to early warning applications on mobile phones or smart TVs);
•  Implementing technical or physical security safeguards in vulnerable city locations (such as strategically placed monitoring devices in public buildings);
•  Tracking citizen behaviour across an area of interest (such as which demographic regularly uses bike-share services in the inner city);
•  Understanding consumption patterns in the community – whether in relation to resources (like water), infrastructure (like roads) or essential services;
•  Identifying opportunities to on-sell a product directly to citizens (such as smart garbage bins in areas of low recycling uptake); and, of course,
•  Engaging in direct marketing so that vendors can attract the community to additional products or services.

In a cities-centred IoT environment, citizens generally give over their personal information in exchange for a service, benefit or perceived benefit. They may be able to opt-in, such as by choosing to download a cool app that lets them know when their library selections are available for pick-up. In other cases they have little choice, such as when a city rolls out a new way of delivering an old service… like compliance officers now wearing body-worn cameras when attending a complaint (as opposed to using the old pen-and-paper approach).

Personal information can be both what a person gives to you in order to participate in your initiative or use your product and what you (as in, your network, application or relevant IoT device) learn or generate about a person. Consider, for example, the extent of personal information a home assistant device for the elderly may acquire over time… and just what will, or could, happen to that information.

It bears reminding that the ability to collect personal information – and to store it, do things with it, share it with or sell it to others – imposes an obligation on vendors, data storage providers, industry champions, public policy makers, municipalities, data brokers and others with involvement in the supply and deployment of IoT devices. In addition to the requirement to protect personal information in accordance with the law, there is a responsibility, a duty, to handle it in a way that is fair and within the reasonable expectation of the person to whom it relates.

Failing to embrace this duty – failing to promote privacy accountability within your part of the IoT eco-system – will undermine community trust and, likely, the success of whatever your initiative is.

We all know where the road paved with good intentions will lead... and Neil Readshaw,CSO and DPO at Anonyome('Anon-oh-me') Labs encourages Smart Cities to get a firmer, dedicated and disciplined grasp on what will happen to personal information in the context of their data-driven initiatives. As we lead into Smart Cities Week in Sydney (end-October 2019), this episode reminds us that Privacy by Design is a first-class requirement!

Neil comments on good intentions and how these, alone, cannot ensure that privacy is appropriately addressed by our cities. He highlights the potential for re-identification of individuals whose data sets are made available via Smart City initiatives (whether for transparency purposes or something else) as a significant risk area and encourages cities to apply a Privacy by Design approach from the outset – such as through conducting robust privacy impact assessments before projects, programs and technologies are rolled out.

Neil also talks about the concept of Digital Exhaust (that is, the digital trails we all leave behind) and how it poses a risk to our communities; where identity is not just about personal attributes, it is also about our relationships and interactions with government and the providers of goods and services.

You can find out more about Anonyome Labs and Neil’s work there by visiting: https://anonyome.com

Santa Clara County Chief Privacy Officer, Mike Shapiro, discusses the importance of having dedicated privacy leadership in our cities. He offers insight on the strategic and operational value of a CPO and the importance of empowering all employees to become ‘privacy champions’.

This episode features Mike Shapiro, Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) for the County of Santa Clara, California.

Mike talks about:

• the importance of elevating privacy to a certain strategic status within municipal governments and the value of a local CPO in this regard;
• some key operational touch-points in his role with the County of Santa Clara;
• the importance of on-the-ground privacy champions and the establishment of a Privacy Centre of Excellence; and,
• having those frank (and sometimes challenging) discussions about privacy risk.

Learn more about the County of Santa Clara’s Privacy Office here: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/cpo/about-us/Pages/about-us.aspx

Former FBI agent and celebrated author, Scott E Augenbaum, talks about cybercrime and the things that keep him up at night. Since we can’t throw out all our connected devices to keep ourselves safe, Scott shares 5 great tips to minimise the risk of becoming victim to cybercrime.

Scott shares the key messages explored in his book, The Secret to Cybersecurity: A Simple Plan to Protect Your Family and Business From Cybercrime, where he offers common sense strategies to assist the community protect themselves from cybercrime (Check it out here: https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Cybersecurity-Protect-Business-Cybercrime/dp/1948677083)

He also shares his perspective as a cybercrime expert on what kinds of IoT deployments in our cities make his risk radar ‘ping’ a little louder than usual… and he brings us back to the reality that we all have rights and responsibilities in this space. In a nutshell: The protection of personal information requires more than great tech, more than laws and standards, more than robust policies… it also requires people on the ground (in our families and communities, as well as in our organisations and government bodies) who are alive to the risk environment they are in.

I’m joined today by an amazing operator in the cyber space, Mandy Turner.

Mandy has had a diverse career ranging from musician, artist, fraud investigator, risk assessor, trainer & analyst. She currently works as a Senior Cyber Crime Analyst and, prior to this, she has held various roles in information security and investigations including security incident response, malware analysis, communications, and fraud investigator. 

In this episode, Mandy talks candidly about:

• offering mentoring and support to cyber graduates to ensure they stay in this very important field;
• the importance of data safety conversations, including educating and empowering users of technology to take control of their data (and its security);
• cyber and privacy risks in the context of Smart Cities, including the importance of understanding “end user” behaviours and needs; and
• the relevance of security-by-design (as complementary and analogous to privacy-by-design work).

With more than nineteen years of specialist experience in the Australian Public Service, Mandy has expertise in information security, cybercrime in emerging technologies, risk assessment, digital forensics, cybercrime analysis and fraud investigation.

In her own time, Mandy volunteers at the Australian Information Security Association (AISA) as the Brisbane Branch Executive Chair, is the co-founder and Australian Director of Cyber Century Mentoring. She’s also an Adjunct Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Queensland.

Mandy mentors students and those new to the infosec industry, speaks at conferences and events, has guest lectured at both University of Queensland and Griffith University and writes about cybercrime and security awareness.

Nick Espinosa, Chief Security Fanatic and host of the nationally syndicated radio show “The Deep Dive” (USA), shares an insightful view about Trust – in particular, the erosion of cognitive trust in our reliance on digital technologies and how governments, industry and others can address this.

.

Nick Espinosa

Chief Security Fanatic, Security Fanatics

An expert in cybersecurity and network infrastructure, Nick Espinosa has consulted with clients ranging from the small business owners up to Fortune 100 level companies. Since the age of 9 he’s been on a first name basis with technology, building computers and programming in multiple languages. Nick founded Windy City Networks, Inc at 19 and joined forces in 2013 with BSSi2. In 2015 Security Fanatics, a Cybersecurity/Cyberwarfare outfit dedicated to designing custom  Cyberdefense strategies for medium to enterprise corporations, was launched.

 Privacy Matters Show with your host Nicole Stephensen ....and the superb line up continues, with best-of moments featuring Mandy Turner, Mike Shapiro, Greg Hallam, Peter Kosmala, Stewart Marshall, Tony Fish, Scott E Augenbaum, Neil Readshaw, Vance Lockton, and John Tsopanis & Dr Sophie Payne

.

Last season of Privacy Matters featured exceptional guests and great insight. Part 1 of this 2-part mashup features best-of moments with Dr Jonathan Reichental, Joanne Cooper, Ben Scott, Nick Espinosa, Paul Marek, Jane Frankland, Prashant Mali and Nathan Kinch. Superb!

In this episode of the Privacy Matters podcast series, Nicole Stephensen speaks with Sophie Bradshaw, Privacy Lawyer.

They cover the importance of maintaining the normative dialogue (community engagement and trust) when considering IoT technologies; the value of privacy impact assessments; and, the potential challenge of using traditional consent models in an IoT context.

Sophie Bradshaw

Sophie Bradshaw is the founder and principal of Elgin Legal, a specialist privacy and technology law practice.  Sophie has a passion for working with clients to navigate legal and regulatory issues and find commercially-driven solutions. She has over 15 years’ experience in Australia and overseas advising private and public sector across a broad range of industries.  She is a committee member of the Queensland Law Society’s Technology and IP Policy Committee and a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. 

 sophie@elginlegal.com.au

Vance Lockton, Manager for Digital Governance (and a privacy professional in the thick of it) at Waterfront Toronto, shares valuable perspective on the challenges of creating truly 'smart' cities and the importance of preventing privacy harm at the outset. For him, it's about knowing the objective before deciding on the means to get there. He additionally reflects on Sidewalk Labs and the 'template' nature (and newness) of a project of this type. For those interested in the intersection between public policy and digital policy, this is the episode for you!

Vance Lockton – Manager, Digital Governance at Waterfront Toronto

In the wake of Smart Cities Week events worldwide, most recently including a 3-day event in Sydney Australia, this episode of the Privacy Matters podcast is timely. It is a “from the horse’s mouth” account of privacy – and its importance – in the smart city context.Vance Lockton explains that there is need to set the objective first, before determining the solution… as evidenced by the Sidewalk Labs experience in Toronto, Canada. Privacy is a critical thinking exercise, and should be embedded in organisational culture, commitments and expectations.

Vance comments on privacy culture and says that cities, as they are developing out their privacy frameworks, need to establish the expectations for any technology that is going to be deployed. These expectations apply to every vendor and should be treated as hard red lines that the city will not cross.

To find out more about Waterfront Toronto, including up to date information in relation to Sidewalk Labs, please follow this link: https://waterfrontoronto.ca/nbe/portal/waterfront/Home

At the time of recording this episode, Bronwyn was the Europe Lead for the Smart Cities Council and founder of Civic Futures Lab. She was in her mandatory quarantine period following her return from Europe to Australia as COVID-19 lockdown measures were being announced around the world. She remains well and is eager to get back to serving her community!

As a former local government Councillor, and a strategic advisor to governments Bronwyn understands the importance of demonstrating robust and transparent decision making and delivering public value, while navigating complexity and balancing the diverse needs of a community. The time for this – particularly in the context of privacy – has never been more important, as cities and other layers of government are responding to a global pandemic.

In this episode, Bron shares the trends she is seeing across smart cities globally – including renewed concerns about community surveillance and the ongoing question about how to maintain community trust (in these strange days, and when we are back to business as usual).

In this first episode of Season 2, Nicole is joined by Dr Jonathan Reichental, global thought leader, influential speaker and award winning CIO. Jonathan talks about the 4th Industrial Revolution and examines privacy concepts (like consent and choice) in the context of human rights, He also shares his perspective on the emerging dialogue around users (citizens) having control of their own data. A great start to the New Year!

Dr Jonathan Reichental

Speaker, Author, Influencer – 4th Industrial Revolution

Dr. Jonathan Reichental, is the former Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the City of Palo Alto, and a multiple award-winning technology leader whose 30-year career has spanned both the private and public sectors.

In 2017, he was named one of the top 100 CIOs in the world and in 2016 he was named one of the top 20 most influential CIO’s in the United States. Dr. Reichental is also recognized as a global thought leader on a number of emerging trends including urban innovation and blockchain technology. In 2013 he was recognized as one of the 25 doers, dreamers, and drivers in government in America. He also won a best CIO in Silicon Valley award and a national IT leadership prize. His innovative work in government has also been recognized by the White House.

Dr. Reichental works with his teams to apply technology innovation in organizations to create new value and to enable work to be more meaningful and fun. He is a popular writer and online host, producing several highly successful online courses with LinkedIn Learning. He co-authored The Apps Challenge Playbook and he is a frequent public speaker on a wide range of technology and business-related topics. He also co-hosts the popular podcast, Drinking Wine Talking Tech.

When we unpack privacy in the context of smart cities, it’s like peeling back the layers of an onion… to discover a coconut underneath! Tony Fish, leader and advocate for data rights, shares insight about unintended consequences (to privacy) in the data economy, privacy preserving technologies and the role of consent in citizen interactions with our cities.

Tony Fish is an investor, an author, and a man on the cutting edge of privacy in the digital economy – particularly in terms of identity, trust and digital governance. In his work, and in role as a leader and advocate for data rights, Tony supports a position that people ought to have control over their own data and be active participants in decisions about what happens to that data.

Tony shares that there is benefit in better articulating the debate around privacy and the role of consent in our emerging smart cities.

Supplementary to Tony’s insight in this episode, you can find a selection of articles about privacy, the data economy, consent (citizen choice and control) and the siloing of data (vs. data remaining with the individuals to whom it relates) here: https://tonyfish.com

How we create our products, systems and platforms - long before they are ever deployed in a smart city context - is an essential piece of the privacy puzzle. Craig Stadler, Founder and CEO of Petey Vid, talks about his journey in designing and building a privacy focused video search engine.

Craig J. Stadler is the Founder of his own privacy-focused, multilingual, video search engine, Petey Vid.

This chat was really interesting, because the focus flipped from the Smart City over to the vendor made clear that vendors have a strong role in designing for privacy outcomes in our local governments. But, as Craig points out, the privacy wish-list is not always easy for vendors to bring to the table. It takes hard work and collaboration.

Stewart Marshall, founder of management consultancy MarshallFloyd, joined Nicole end-April 2019 to talk privacy and smart cities. Stewart encourages cities to walk (understand the problem they are trying to solve) before they run (deploy new tech)... discusses the importance of dedicating resources to privacy... and tells us all about "Doing IT For Money"!

Stewart is an IT strategist and the best selling author of 'Doing IT for Money: A Business Leader's Guide to Improving Profit Per Person'.

He spent much of his 30 years in the IT industry in commercial software R&D, designing tools and solutions used by thousands of businesses in Australia and around the world, including Proctor and Gamble, Kellogg’s and Kawasaki. 

He's a passionate innovator, educator and the founder and CEO of MarshallFloyd, teaching mid-tier businesses how to increase their profit per person by working smarter.

The release of this episode is timely, as it speaks to issues entirely relevant to our smart cities… which are, at a global scale, racing to secure and deploy the IoT technologies considered necessary to thrive in the digital economy (and often before the “implementation timeframe” for technology subsidies or industry partnerships run out). As Stewart notes, this can come at a cost.

Those with an interest can access Stewart’s book here:

https://www.amazon.com.au/Doing-Money-Business-Leaders-Improving/dp/1781333386  

Prashant Mali, expert in cyber and privacy law, talks about India’s evolving privacy culture and the need for additional security and privacy dialogue in the country’s government-led Smart Cities Mission. He shares his perspective on how technology can be used to solve real-world problems, and discusses India’s AePS (Aadhar-enabled Payment System) through a local privacy and security lens.

Prashant Mali is the founder of a Mumbai-based cyberlaw  consultancy, Cyberlaw Consulting (Advocates & Attorneys)and has chaired theCyber & Law Foundationfor21 years.In addition to his academic profile (which includes Masters degrees in both law and computer science), Prashant’s professional exposure is compelling: he is not only busy with cyber law litigation, he is also the author of a number of books relevant to the discipline, is a sought after speaker and makes regular appearances on Indian and international media to share his insight on data breach, cyber crime and matters of cyberlaw generally. In this episode, Prashant talks about India’s privacy culture as one of “openness”, which he believes must evolve to embrace the rigour imposed by data privacy laws. He also speaks to the security and privacy dialogue around India’s government-led Smart Cities Mission, and he references a technology being used in India that has atrue human interface–theAePS (Aadhar-enabled Payment System)–which uses a human biometric to authorize financial transactions, much like using one’s body as a bank card. Prashant shares his perspective on how the AePS reflects security and privacy controls (and expectations), and about how technology generally can be used to solve real-world problems.

This is a dynamic, urgent and critical time in global privacy, says Peter Kosmala, former VP of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and leading voice in data privacy and digital advertising strategy.

In this episode of the Privacy Matters podcast, a wonderful and unique approach to the global privacy discussion was had with Peter Kosmala, former VP of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), privacy leader, public policy professional and sought after digital advertising strategist.

Peter has served previously as VP Platform for programmatic media company, dataxu, as SVP of Government Relations for the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A’s) and as the first Managing Director of the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA). Peter helped lead the IAPP during its earliest days, first as Director of Certification and then as Vice President. He oversaw the creation of the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) – the first professional credential in data privacy – and led its expansion of courses, exams and continuing education programs across five international certifications.

In a jazzy departure from the norm, Peter offers the following thematic review of what’s happening in some key privacy jurisdictions:

Thomas "Fats" Waller, "Ain't Misbehavin'" (1929)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSNPpssruFY 

Waller was the pre-eminent purveyor of the stride-piano style that defined much of "The Jazz Age" of the 1920s. He wrote this song while serving a misdemeanor sentence for violating child support obligations, although there's no reference to jail time in the song. This later became the centerpiece of a famous musical, "Connie's Hot Chocolates." It personifies the jubilant-but-naughty spirit of so much of Waller's sound and the "hot jazz" of the day. 

From a privacy perspective: this is THE UNITED STATES. It's that wink-and-a-nod sense of mischief that perfectly captures the American privacy approach of "do it until it breaks." Or, more officially, the "harms-based" approach: whereby data is allowed to flow and create value until such time that a demonstrable, tangible consumer harm is evident. Such harm is then addressed via one of a plethora of Federal, sector-specific privacy laws (or a US state law).

Duke Ellington, "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (1931)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQpZT3GhDg

A classic of the Big Band era, this song is self-referential in coining the very term that defines the mood and sound that is played: "swing!" Count Basie Orchestra, Benny Goodman's Band and here, the magnificent Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, all helped popularize this music during the WWII years when "working together" was a critical theme for so many countries fighting the advance of Nazism. This is complex music, played by large ensembles, usually consisting of a minimum of 10 players and often swelling to 20 or more. Trumpets, trombones, saxophones a rhythm section, and sometimes a vocalist. The band leader took the podium -much as a conductor for a symphony orchestra. It's a BIG sound that asks a lot - of both its players and listeners.

From a privacy perspective: this is EUROPE. Intimidating and complex in its structures and demands, it requires deep knowledge of the underlying concepts and consummate attention to detail. If just one piece (or player) is askew, the entire production is affected. Everyone must play their part or suffer the consequences! The DPA will call you out, maybe even assess a sanction or fine, just as the Big Band conductor might glare at you and eject you from the band! Not easily portable or scalable, big band music makes demands of everyone. Much like the dense framework of the European data protection model and its extra-terretorial enforcement. If you ain't got it, it don't mean anything!

John Coltrane, "My Favorite Things" (1961)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHVarQbNAwU

The antithesis of the massive, big band sound is "Bebop," the highly creative genre that followed swing music and first emerged in the post-war years of the 1950s and 1960s. Charlie "Bird" Parker, Thelonius Monk, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, and the modern prophet, John Coltrane, are some of the best examples. These were the talented leaders of comparatively smaller combos -not large orchestras- consisting of just a few players: trios, quartets and quintets. Various combinations of horn/piano/guitar/keyboard/bass and drums. Bebop was/is, on the one hand, firmly rooted in the foundations of jazz and on the other, pushing the envelope in exploring and improvising new sounds and possibilities. In this sense it is the "perfect" or purest jazz genre: bridging tradition with the future. Coltrane's version of this famous Rodgers and Hammerstein staple (from "The Sound of Music") illustrates the point: you easily recognize the signature refrain at first before the pioneering sax player twists and distorts its melodies into angular sounds you'd never imagined possible in a "pop" song.

From a privacy perspective, this is CANADA. Smartly rooted in foundational privacy principles yet adaptable and scaleable enough to evolve with the demands of consumers, economies and technologies. It is the only approach in the world that appropriately balances sound privacy protection with a pragmatic view toward tech innovation and economic growth. 

Neighbourlytics co-Founder, Lucinda Hartley, talks about measuring quality of life and well-being in our cities to influence urban development solutions and positive community outcomes... and about the deep importance of privacy in the equation.Neighbourlytics co-Founder, Lucinda Hartley, talks about measuring quality of life and well-being in our cities to influence urban development solutions and positive community outcomes... and about the deep importance of privacy in the equation.

Nicole has a great – and timely – chat with Lucinda Hartley about the importance of leveraging data for the public good. Questions about the handling of personal information in the context of Covid-19 contact tracing certainly came up, but more importantly the discussion focuses on good decision making – before gathering the data, when collecting the data (and how), and then when using the data to inform “city making”.Nicole has a great – and timely – chat with Lucinda Hartley about the importance of leveraging data for the public good. Questions about the handling of personal information in the context of Covid-19 contact tracing certainly came up, but more importantly the discussion focuses on good decision making – before gathering the data, when collecting the data (and how), and then when using the data to inform “city making”.
Lucinda makes a really interesting observation about “asking the right questions” and being very intentional about the problems we want to use data to solve.
To find out more about Neighbourlytics and their projects, please visit: https://www.neighbourlytics.com