Recently, we discovered that Big Telecom firms released Canadians’ sensitive personal information to one government agency over 18,000 times in the past year. Now, the head of Canada’s spy agency CSEC is refusing to tell a parliamentary committee how much access it has to Bell, Telus, and Rogers customer data.
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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
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Vice: How much did American-made spying technology cost Canadian taxpayers?
Recently, Canadian spy agency CSEC was caught red-handed spying on thousands of innocent Canadian air travellers. Now, questions are being asked about just how many taxpayer dollars were paid to U.S. firms to purchase the technology to enable CSEC’s spying. Are you worried about how much taxpayer money is being
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Digital Privacy Act does almost nothing to tackle central privacy concern for Canadians: reckless and expensive government surveillance
OpenMedia_CA_248x208.png Incoherent for government to advance protections on commercial privacy, while at same time advancing Bill C-13 which would throw door open to widespread government surveillance of law-abiding Canadians April 7, 2014 – This morning Industry Minister Moore tabled a new Digital Privacy Act in the Senate. The proposed legislation
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Tech Vibes: Metadata can be even more revealing than eavesdropping
Last week, we discovered that Canadian Telecom giants revealed subscribers’ sensitive personal information nearly 19,000 times in a single year. What exactly is so revealing about the data that telecom companies are handing over to law enforcement agencies without a warrant? And how will the government’s Bill C-13 make it
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Your letters about privacy are getting published from coast to coast
This is amazing! Canadians from coast to coast have used our Letter-to-the-Editor tool to successfully publish letters in 30 major Canadian newspapers. Check them out below. Clearly this government has it all wrong when it comes to respecting our right to privacy. That’s the message coming across again and again
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Expert report reveals Internet providers should be more transparent about how they handle our private information
share_pop_200.png Report lifts the curtain on how Internet providers protect privacy, giving Canadians an at-a-glance tool to rate their provider’s transparency compared with others March 27, 2014 – A new report by leading privacy experts has revealed that Canadian Internet providers need to be much more transparent about how they
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Parliament resumes debate on Online Spying Bill that provides immunity for telecom companies who are helping authorities spy on Canadians without a warrant
share_pop_300.PNG Government trying to smuggle through unpopular online spying measures that would grant immunity to telecom providers that hand over private information without a warrant March 26, 2014 – Legislation being debated by Parliament today would enable a range of government authorities access to the private lives of millions of
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadians are using our letter tool to spread the word about privacy
Canadians are using our new letter tool to send decision-makers a hard-hitting message about privacy. Check out this great letter by Blake Moorcroft just published in the Windsor Star. And try out our tool at https://openmedia.ca/letter Re: Probe at cyberspy agency CSEC uncovers wrongdoing, ethics breaches, The Canadian Press, March
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Ottawa Citizen: Stanford study reveals just how much of your private info is exposed through metadata
We all know that the metadata spy agencies collect on us can be hugely revealing. Now this Stanford study underlines just how much of our private lives can be exposed through this government spying. Article by Ian Macleod for the Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA — The kind of “metadata” that can
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Results of an investigation revealed
This news is just in: According to the CBC, “An investigation at Canada’s secretive eavesdropping agency has uncovered misuse of public assets and ‘serious breaches’ of the spy outfit’s values and ethics code.”1 All of us already knew that eavesdropping/spy agency CSEC is spying on law-abiding Canadians. We also knew
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC: Investigation into CSEC finds serious breaches of ethics and misuse of public assets
Spy agency CSEC’s troubles go from bad to worse after an official review finds serious breaches of ethics and misuse of public funds. An investigation at Canada’s secretive eavesdropping agency has uncovered misuse of public assets and “serious breaches” of the spy outfit’s values and ethics code. The findings, prompted
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Explore Pathways to Privacy with the CCLA
Our Privacy Coalition partner the Canadian Civil Liberties Association is hosting a Pathways to Privacy event at the University of Toronto from March 20-21. It’s shaping up to be an exciting event, and they have some great guest speakers lined up. If you’re interested in protecting privacy and you’re in
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Ever wondered what it looks like when a video calling out government spying goes viral?
On Wednesday, your OpenMedia.ca team launched a hard-hitting video about the government’s online spying Bill C-13 – and Canadians from coast to coast to coast have been sharing it far and wide. If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out right here on the Privacy Coalition website or below.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Huffington Post: Bill C-13 would grant immunity to telecoms who hand over your private information without a warrant
It looks like the video we created with your support about the online spying bill C-13 has really been turning heads. Check out this piece about how Peter MacKay’s bill would grant immunity to telecoms who hand over your private information without a warrant. read more
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Telecoms refuse to come clean about whether they are helping the government to spy on law-abiding Canadians
share_pop_200.png Citizens left asking “what have they got to hide?” after major Canadian telecoms refuse to answer questions put to them by leading privacy researchers & civil liberties groups March 6, 2014 – What have they got to hide? That’s the question many Canadians are asking after many major telecom
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Huge $385m leap in CSEC budget: taxpayers on hook for lavish spy palace
Ultra-secretive spy agency CSEC is getting a whopping budget boost – and that’s all thanks to your tax dollars. CSEC is set to receive $829 MILLION from taxpayers in 2014-15 – that’s a huge 86.7% increase from the $444 million it cost us last year. But don’t worry – your
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Hard-hitting video released that highlights how Peter MacKay’s online spying legislation would let a range of government officials spy on law-abiding Canadians without oversight
Canadians have come together from across the political spectrum to denounce Bill C-13, which would give a range of authorities access to the private lives of Canadians without a warrant March 5, 2014 – The government’s online spying legislation, Bill C-13, will allow authorities access to the private lives of
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Globe and Mail: Inside CSEC’s new headquarters
How did CSEC officials describe their two-hour long conversation with the Globe and Mail? “Uncomfortable.” Colin Freeze takes a look into Canada’s ultra-secretive spy agency CSEC. Article by Colin Freeze for the Globe and Mail No cellphones, no recording devices, no computers. No names. The seven officials at the boardroom
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Yahoo webcam images from millions of users intercepted by GCHQ
Have you used Yahoo Messenger in the last 5 years? If so, you could be one of the 1.8 MILLION users whose private webcam images were captured and stored by giant UK spy agency GCHQ. read more
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