An advisor on Sidewalk Labs' Toronto project has resigned citing concerns over the company's attitude towards data and privacy. Saadia Muzaffar, the founder of TechGirls Canada, said "apathy and a lack of leadership" over widespread public concern regarding the 12-acre scheme along the city's waterfront led to her departure. The Canadian Press obtained an email from Muzaffar dated May 22 in which she wrote that she was leaving because "the company is not taking privacy seriously or acting responsibly with respect to its data." Construction is currently scheduled to begin in 2020.
An advisor on Sidewalk Labs' Toronto project has resigned citing concerns over the company's attitude towards data and privacy. Saadia Muzaffar, the founder of TechGirls Canada, said "apathy and a lack of leadership" over widespread public concern regarding the 12-acre scheme along the city's waterfront led to her departure. Sidewalk Labs, an offshoot of Google's parent company Alphabet, is aiming to build a template for the connected city of the future, featuring underground delivery systems, dynamic pavements and translucent covers for buildings that can react to weather changes. Construction is currently scheduled to begin in 2020.