Author: OpenMedia.ca

December 11, 2014: This morning, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled narrowly that police are permitted to conduct warrantless cell phone searches of people they arrest. Community-based OpenMedia, which has rallied a large pro-privacy coalition of over 60 organizations, says the ruling reinforces the need for much stronger legal protections

OpenMedia_Logo.png High-profile figures including Margaret Atwood and Jean Chretien among the victims of latest in a long string of government privacy breaches affecting over 725,000 of us   November 25, 2014 – Highly personal information about the financial and tax affairs of hundreds of prominent Canadians was handed by the government

ProtectOurPrivacy403.png Privacy advocates hail Joyce Murray’s Private Members Bill as a step forward to boost transparency, oversight, and accountability for secretive spy agency CSEC October 30, 2014 – Today, Members of Parliament will have an historic opportunity to start reining in Canada’s secretive spy agency CSEC (Communications Security Establishment Canada).

ProtectOurPrivacy403.png Responding to the government’s tabling in Parliament of Bill C-44, which proposes new powers for spy agency CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service), OpenMedia executive director Steve Anderson said: “Canadians don’t want to see last Wednesday’s tragic events to make us lose sight of the democratic values we all cherish.

PrivacyPlan_fbshare.png Launch of new pro-privacy crowdsourcing initiative comes just days after Peter MacKay’s online spying Bill C-13 passes House of Commons, and follows over a year of revelations about the activities of Canada’s spy agency CSEC October 22, 2014 – Canadians are working together to shape a new pro-privacy action

ProtectOurPrivacy403.png Controversial bill is opposed by huge majority of Canadians, with even the government’s own supporters opposing it by over 2.5:1 October 20, 2014 – The government looks set to pass its unpopular online spying legislation, Bill C-13, through the House of Commons later today. The House is due to

shameless_mackay.png Radio ads set to air in MacKay’s riding, as Gov’t prepares to ram Bill C-13 through House of Commons, despite opposition from tens of thousands of Canadians and a Supreme Court ruling that warrantless disclosures are unconstitutional September 30, 2014 – The government looks set to ram Peter MacKay’s

Glenn_greenwald_portrait_transparent.png Greenwald has worked extensively with whistleblower Edward Snowden to report on how spy agencies like Canada’s CSEC and the U.S. NSA are monitoring the private lives of law-abiding citizens on a massive scale September 22, 2014 – Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald is coming to Canada. He will speak

CSECisWatching_webside.png Viral video released amid growing outrage at how government spy agencies like Canada’s CSEC and the U.S. NSA are collecting hugely revealing information on innocent citizens September 22, 2014 – Government spying on law-abiding Canadians is secretive, expensive, and out-of-control. That’s the message of a hard-hitting video launched this