Jennifer Stoddart
| Jennifer Stoddart | |
|---|---|
| 6th Privacy Commissioner of Canada | |
| In office December 1, 2003 – December 2, 2013 |
|
| Governor General | Adrienne Clarkson |
| Prime Minister | Jean Chrétien |
| Preceded by | Robert Marleau |
Jennifer Stoddart is the current (as of 12 February 2011[update]) Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
Stoddart received a licence in civil law from McGill University as well as a Master of Arts in history from the Université du Québec à Montréal. On December 1, 2003, Stoddart was appointed Canada's Privacy Commissioner by the Governor in Council for a seven year term. In December 2010, she was reappointed for a three-year term.
She represents Canada at the annual International Conference on Privacy and Personal Data Protection.
In November 2005 a journalist showed Stoddart her own telecommunication-data for the past few months - the ones from her private connection as well as those from the blackberry-systems provided by the government - which he had bought by an online data broker for about $ 200.
Stoddart has been active in the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice.
[edit] See also
- Ann Cavoukian (IPC of Ontario)
- Hugo Teufel III (Chief Privacy Officer, DHS)
- Jacques Saint-Laurent (Chair, Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec)
