The Google-affiliated company proposing a high-tech district in the Port Lands is trying to reassure Torontonians their privacy and data will be protected if the project proceeds. Hundreds of people turned out for Tuesday evening public consultations co-hosted by New York-based Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The project isn’t directly related to the Quayside project tentatively titled “Sidewalk Toronto”, the company says, but “it does rely on some of the same technologies that can support a future neighbourhood. The result will be put to all three levels of government and Sidewalk Labs for consideration in early 2019. “It’s urban developement but what path this is and where it's headed, what direction it's going, will be determined by how open this process is and how open Sidewalk Lab's platform is to criticism,” Hanke said.

Source: thestar March 21, 2018 02:15 UTC