Name: Scott Smith

Director, Intellectual Property and Innovation Policy, Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Director, Canadian Intellectual Property Council

Scott Smith is the Director of Intellectual Property and Innovation Policy at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Director of the Canadian Intellectual Property Council. With a network of over 450 chambers of commerce and boards of trade, representing 200,000 businesses of all sizes in all sectors of the economy and in all regions, the Chamber is the largest business association in Canada, and the country’s most influential. The primary and vital connection between business and the federal government, the Chamber’s views are sought after and respected by government, business leaders and the media thanks to our well-researched reports, analyses, position papers and policy resolutions that reflect a broad business perspective. Scott leads the Chamber’s advocacy activities in the areas of intellectual property protection, innovation and industry productivity, the digital economy and research and development issues. Leading a coalition of industry associations on the subjects of Canada’s anti-spam legislation and changes to Canada’s privacy legislation, Scott has written and spoken extensively on the subjects of data security and consent.

Presentation Description:

The global digital revolution is moving business onto platforms that exponentially increase the efficiency of commerce. These online markets are built on platforms that are designed to efficiently connect both sides of the supply and demand equation but have not fully considered the data security implications – if a port is open, it can be exploited. And these platforms have been deployed to a population that does not fully appreciate how behavior can impact security.

Personal and behavioral data is extremely valuable.

The proliferation of security breaches on companies that are household names have resulted in a reaction from governments around the world to move to more restrictive data flow and consent models policy frameworks that potentially will have a long term impact on innovation in a big data environment.