Gillian Shaw is a writer with the Vancouver Sun and Postmedia Network and a commentator on the evolutionary effects of technology and social media on the lives of ordinary people, politicians, industry and government. She has written extensively about the intersection of privacy and technology and how our increasingly digital life is changing and challenging traditional of privacy. She joined the Sun in 1980 as a general assignment reporter, winning a coveted National Newspaper Award as part of the Vancouver Sun’s team covering the Clifford Robert Olson killings. She would later serve in the Sun’s Victoria bureau reporting on provincial politics before being appointed as the Sun’s business editor. Missing the contact of the front-line journalist with the world outside, Gillian returned to writing in 1994 just as social media was beginning to make its presence felt. Besides writing and blogging for the Vancouver Sun, Gillian’s opinions are often sought by other media outlets such as Corus Radio’s CKNW and Calgary Today and she has been an invited speaker to numerous conventions and panels.