Our People

Carole is co-founder and principal at INQ Consulting, focusing her practice on privacy, cyber readiness, data governance and artificial intelligence (AI) risk management. She regularly advises clients on a wide range of matters related to privacy, cyber readiness and breach response, data governance, ethical AI and responsible innovation.

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Carole plays an active role in shaping data law, policy and standards in Canada and globally. She is a member of the OECD.AI Policy Observatory, and has contributed to numerous organizations including in the Global Partnership on AI, the Global Task Force to Promote Trusted Sharing of Data at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the Standards Council of Canada’s Data Governance Collaborative, and the National Advisory Council on AI in Healthcare.

 

Carole regularly teaches, speaks and writes on topics related to cybersecurity, privacy, data law and AI. She has been featured on the CBC, the Globe and Mail, The Logic, and Betakit. She has testified before Canada’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. Carole is also an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law where she lectures on AI regulation. She is the co-editor of Leading Legal Disruption: Artificial Intelligence and a Toolkit for Lawyers and the Law, published by Thomson Reuters (2021).

 

Carole was appointed by the federal Minister of Innovation to serve as one of six Digital Leaders in the national data and digital transformation consultations. In this role, she led consultations with businesses, academics, civil society and industry associations to inform the first national Digital Charter. Announced on May 21, 2019, the Digital Charter has led to significant proposed reforms to Canada’s federal private sector privacy law.

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Representative Experience

•  Assisted a US regional health provider and insurer develop process for data and AI ethics assessments

•  Serve as Data Protection Officer to various international companies

•  Developed GDPR compliance program for international delivery service

•  Regularly advise on matters of privacy compliance and data security, including tabletop exercises

•  Drafted privacy governance programs for various health technology companies and health associations

•  Developed data governance framework and AI ethics framework for provincial health authority

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Insights & Recognition

•  Best Lawyers in Canada: Recognized by her peers in Health Care Law (2022-2025), Technology (2023-2025)

•  Co-editor, Leading Legal Disruption: Artificial Intelligence and a Toolkit for Lawyers and the Law, published by Thomson     Reuters (2021).

•  Regulating automated decision systems in Canada: What it means for your business

•  Privacy Law for the digital economy: The new Digital Charter Implementation Act

•  97 things about ethics everyone in data science should know 

•  Cybersecurity comparative guide 

•  Cyber breach planning: Lessons from the Equifax breach 

•  How privacy laws are changing to protect personal information 

•  Adjudicating by algorithm: The risks and benefits of artificial intelligence in judicial decision-making

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Affiliations

•  Canadian Technology Law Association of Canada (Board of Directors)

•  American Bar Association

•  Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence

•  Standards Council of Canada, Data Governance Working Group

•  Canadian Bar Association

•  Covid Alert App Advisory Council

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