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Who's Watching You?
CBC News Big Picture: A day-long look at privacy in Canada
June 20, 2002
Video surveillance, electronic profiling, the Internet, the media – these are some of the culprits in the growing invasion of Canadian privacy. Personal information becomes not so personal when it gets sold to private sector companies or when anyone with basic computer skills can learn the most intimate details of your life by going online.
Privacy is the subject of the CBC News Big Picture Who's Watching You?, a day-long examination on CBC Television and CBC Newsworld on Thursday, June 20, 2002.
Highlights include:
Newsworld Morning
CBC-TV from 6 - 7 a.m. local
CBC Newsworld from 6 - 10 a.m. ET
Host Mark Kelley talks to video surveillance experts, speaks with Washington correspondent Henry Champ about how U.S. security efforts post-Sept. 11 are impacting Canada, and discusses privacy legislation in Canada with Newsworld Morning's legal expert. Also watch privacy-related reports from CBC News units across the country.
Newsworld Today
CBC Newsworld from 12 - 4 p.m. ET
From the Telus surveillance centre in Calgary, Kathleen Petty hosts a special live phone-in show with privacy author Steve Mann. A self-described cyborg, Mann turns the tables on public surveillance practices by recording every aspect of his life through a pair of wraparound glasses. Also, Nancy Wilson presents privacy-related reports from CBC News units across the country.
Politics
CBC Newsworld at 5 p.m. ET
Don Newman speaks with federal Privacy Commissioner George Radwanski and discusses privacy concerns with a panel of MPs.
Canada Now
CBC-TV at 6 p.m. local
CBC Newsworld at 7 p.m. ET
Local Canada Now units present privacy-related stories from their communities.
The National
CBC-TV at 10 p.m.
CBC Newsworld at 9 p.m. ET
Peter Mansbridge presents a report from Vancouver examining police video surveillance. The Privacy Commissioner ordered the RCMP in Kelowna, B.C. to take down video surveillance cameras from street corners but the RCMP refused, agreeing only to stop recording what they survey. Mansbridge also presents a report from Susan Ormiston on biometrics, the latest in video recognition technology and an important part of Canada's new immigration policy.
Highlights from the CBC News Big Picture Who's Watching You? can also been seen on CBC Newsworld on Sunday, June 23 at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. ET.
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