Thanks for visiting the Privacy Lecture Series website.

The Privacy Series as such has ended, so this site functions mainly as an archive, documenting the history of a project that went on for two years (2000-2002) and was a great forum for privacy related discussions.

The goal of the Privacy Lecture Series was to debunk the idea that privacy is either a 'given right' or a 'tech-only problem'. The Privacy Lecture Series intended to foment awareness and understanding of the different facets of privacy by serving as a meeting place in which speakers and audience, of a variety of backgrounds, exchange knowledge and experiences. It highlighted the complex repercussions privacy has on many of our daily activities: education, health, work, leisure and even issues which we that are usually not consciously aware, such as genetics. Every other week a scholar, member of an advocacy group or representative from the private sector was invited to come and discuss one aspect of privacy from his/her perspective.

The Privacy Lecture Series counted with the presence of prestigious speakers and privacy advocates such as George Radwanski, Privacy Commissioner of Canada; Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario; Stephanie Perrin, Chief Privacy Officer of Zero-Knowledge Systems; Pamela Samuelson, Professor at the University of California at Berkeley and Director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology; David Banisar, Deputy Director of Privacy International and David Lyon, Professor at Queen's University, among others.

The Series has now evolved into the Information Rights Salon, which maintains a strong emphasis on privacy issues, but broadens its scope to include speakers on other information rights issues. Go to the website to find out more.