OpenMedia.ca: What will it take to address Canada’s privacy deficit?

This piece was originally posted in the CCPA monitor. Six months ago, we argued that Canadians face a stark privacy deficit. A perfect storm of spy agency surveillance, privacy-undermining legislation, and lax privacy safeguards at government departments sparked concern from citizens right across the political spectrum. Since then, sadly, the situation has further deteriorated. The government’s

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OpenMedia.ca: This is getting ridiculous

This is getting ridiculous. First, government spy agency CSEC assured us they didn’t spy on Canadians.1 Then, they finally admitted to ‘incidentally’ collecting our private data.2 Now, it’s finally been officially revealed that CSEC retained the private communications of Canadians, which were intercepted without a warrant.3 But they still aren’t

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OpenMedia.ca: New privacy legislation fails to tackle Canadians’ central privacy concern: reckless and expensive government surveillance

New privacy legislation does nothing to protect Canadians from out-of-control government spying. That’s according to our own Steve Anderson, writing in today’s edition of the @Epoch Times. Please SHARE this piece and speak out for real privacy protections at http://OurPrivacy.ca This week, Industry Minister James Moore quietly tabled a new

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