Former Canadian privacy official warns vax passports are creating ‘global’ web of ‘surveillance’

A former Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner has spoken out against “outrageous … abhorrent” worldwide vaccine passport mandates, warning that the sensitive information gathered in such systems is creating a “global digital infrastructure for surveillance.” Privacy expert Dr. Ann Cavoukian, now an executive director at Toronto’s Privacy By Design Centre of Excellence, said that individuals using the vaccine passports ought to be concerned about the level of intrusion into the private lives of citizens that is introduced by the system, since alongside health information vaccine passports often include location tracking and personal identification documentation.-- More...