The push for a Google-affiliated high-tech neighbourhood has Torontonians worried about data protection and privacy but eager for innovations on everything from housing to pet ownership. Torontonians’ questions submitted online and during a March town hall include: “Will Alphabet own the data, and how will it be shared or used? Will the data be stored in servers in the United States? “Residents strongly emphasized that the collection of data should be transparent and consensual,” and worry about an “overemphasis on technology” rather than good, innovative design. Three more town halls are planned — May 3, July 11 and Oct. 3 — to let people have their say before Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto, a federal-provincial-city agency, decide if they can agree on a development plan to make Quayside a reality.

Source: thestar April 25, 2018 21:30 UTC