Meritorious Service Medal

• Awarded on: April 4, 2017
• Invested on: December 12, 2017

Former Ontario privacy commissioner Ann Cavoukian developed the Privacy by Design framework, which has been adopted by international data protection authorities and translated into more than 30 different languages. Her innovative approach to systems engineering, which prescribes building user information privacy into the foundation of applications, has positioned Canada as a leader in data protection.