When do AI Systems Breach our Right to Privacy?

Date: November 14, 2025
Hours: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Location: McGill Downtown Campus, room 650, 2001 McGill College
Instructor: Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre, Faculty & Department: Philosophy Department, Faculty of Arts

Overview:

The workshop considers how AI-based technologies can threaten and breach our right to privacy. We will work on three main issues: 1) how to define the right to privacy; 2) the differences between the individual and the group right to privacy; and 3) we will consider applied cases to evaluate when and how contemporary AI systems threaten this right.

At the end of this workshop, the participants will be able to:

• Identify the main proponents in contemporary debates on how to define the right to privacy;
• Distinguish between the individual and the group right to privacy;
• Explain why privacy is an important right;
• Evaluate the ethical risks of contemporary AI systems

Prerequisites:

• You must bring your own laptop for this workshop.