Ann Cavoukian, Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner, received an M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Toronto, where she specialized in criminology and law. Prior to joining the Commissioner's office, Cavoukian headed the Research Services Branch for the provincial Attorney General. She joined the Commissioner's office in 1987, in its start-up days, as its first Director of Compliance. She was appointed as Assistant Commissioner in 1990. Initially appointed Commissioner in 1997, Cavoukian is the first Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario to be re-appointed for a second term (until 2009). Serving as an officer of the provincial legislature, the Commissioner is independent of the government of the day.

Dr. Alex Stoianov began working in the field of biometrics after joining Mytec Technologies Inc. (Toronto, Canada) in 1994 where he was one of the originators of the privacy-enhancing technology, Biometric Encryption. Working for Bioscrypt Inc., the successor of Mytec, as a Principal Scientist from 2001 to 2006, he developed numerous technological breakthroughs and improvements for fingerprint verification algorithms. He also won the Third International Fingerprint Verification Competition (FVC2004), viewed by many as the “Fingerprint Olympics,” on the company’s behalf. Dr. Stoianov has co-authored over 30 scientific papers and 7 patents.

Reprinted with Permission from Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario