Program Title: Online Privacy: Is There Any? - Kevin McQuiggin
Description: Online technologies are radically advancing our freedoms, but are they also enabling unparalleled invasions of privacy? The first topic of Speak Up 2008 will examine issues from data mining and profiling, surveillance, the use of search engines, cookies, spy ware and email to the security of public records on the internet and confidentiality of financial and medical information.

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Featured Speakers/Guests: Inspector Kevin McQuiggin
Vancouver Police Department
Forensic Services Section

Inspector McQuiggin is in charge of the Forensic Services Section, Vancouver Police department. He holds a B.Sc. in Computing Science and Mathematics and a Master’s degree in Communication. In 1995, he created the first internet investigation unit in British Columbia and completed research papers for the provincial and federal governments on the impact of technological crime upon policing in Canada. Inspector McQuiggin cochaired the national policing IT Sub-Committee from 2003-2005 and created the computer component of the Forensic Science Technology diploma program at BCiT where he taught for several years.

Credits: Charlotte Bourne for CJSF Radio

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