In this episode, we speak with Dr. Joel Reardon, a 2019 Peak Scholar, from the Faculty of Science at the University of Calgary. Dr. Reardon explains how companies like Google have made changes to their data collection policies in part because of his research efforts. Reardon acknowledges his success in impacting policy change but says he doesn't know where to go next. Joel's team wants to connect directly with private companies who could benefit from developing acceptable privacy policies for the data they collect.

Dr. Joel Reardon focuses his research on security and privacy issues related to smart phones, shining a light on the monetization of private user data and behaviour profiling. His work has contributed to on-going regulatory actions against major companies.