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The BCCLA’s Micheal Vonn is one of Canada’s most passionate advocates for privacy. Check out this video as she sets the record straight about CSEC’s secret spying and other threats to our privacy. read more

Here’s Protect Our Privacy coalition member Dr. Christopher Parsons discussing the response by Canada’s spy chiefs to recent revelations of spying on law-abiding Canadians – and why their defence is both weak and problematic. Join our growing campaign for effective legal measures to protect our privacy from government spies at

CSEC’s supposed watchdog has failed in his assessment of how the ultra-secretive spy agency is spying on law-abiding Canadians. Read what these two experts have to say. Join Steve Anderson of OpenMedia.ca and Josh Paterson of the BC Civil Liberties Association his Thursday, February 20th at 5 pm PST/8pm EST

This journalist decided to make some of his innocuous metadata public after CSEC’s supposed watchdog said the ultra-secretive spy agency did nothing wrong by collecting our private, sensitive information without oversight, accountability or consent. What do you think about this watchdog’s conclusion? SOUND OFF in the comments below. Article by

Last October, the BC Civil Liberties Association and OpenMedia.ca announced that they are taking the government to stop CSEC’s blanket spying on law-abiding Canadians. We’ve compiled the five most frequently asked questions about the case, and we’re taking them straight to the two people who can best answer them. Josh

Last week, we told you about the failure of spy agency CSEC’s supposed watchdog to rein their unaccountable spying in – Canadians are dismayed at this blatant attempt to whitewash legitimate privacy concerns. Demand transparency at https://OpenMedia.ca/stand Article by Greg Weston for CBC News: A federal watchdog is attracting howls

Surveillance expert Ron Deibert was in Vancouver recently to speak about privacy in the age of mass surveillance. Check out what he has to say. Join Canada’s largest pro-privacy coalition at http://OurPrivacy.ca read more

We’re being a bit tongue-in-cheek here, but we wanted thank you, our community for being so fantastic! Have a great weekend! Your team at OpenMedia.ca read more

It’s the same old song and dance – and frankly, we at OpenMedia.ca are tired of it. Jean-Pierre Plouffe, CSEC’s supposed watchdog, concluded his investigation of the ultra-secretive spy agency’s recent invasive collection of Canadian metadata at public Wi-Fi terminals in a major Canadian airport with a statement that unsurprisingly

Check out this great article by Chris Malmo about the growing debate around mass, unaccountable, and suspicionless spying – and why we need more information about what’s going on at ultra-secretive spy agency CSEC. Article by Christopher Malmo to Vice Canada: There was an alarming lack of sustained outrage when

Today is an important day in the fight against mass, suspicionless surveillance across the world – and OpenMedia is proud to be a part of this incredible effort. Over 300 organizations are taking part in this global campaign to tell governments we will no longer tolerate unaccountable dragnet surveillance that

New documents have revealed that government spy agency CSEC is collecting hugely sensitive information and monitoring the movements of thousands of law-abiding Canadians. The government won’t provide the details but this spying activity could include you. They’ve spied on innocent air travellers at Canadian airports.1 They’ve spied on important friends

It’s February 11th, Canada. That means the time has come to fight back against mass, unaccountable spying. Send a letter to your MP now to call for an end to these undemocratic practices that violate our fundamental right to privacy at http://TheDayWeFightBack.ca . The time has come to make your

Today is a very important day in the fight against mass, unaccountable spying. Together with hundreds of organization across North America, your OpenMedia team will be sending a strong message against dragnet government surveillance – surveillance that is unaccountable, unwarranted, and an outright violation of our fundamental right to privacy.

Learn more about how dozens of organizations (including your own OpenMedia.ca) are taking a stand against mass, suspicionless spying of law-abiding Canadians on February 11. See you back here tomorrow morning. Article by Lee Rickwood for The Calgary Herald: The ‘fight’ is planned for just one day, but more and

Check out this incredible image from Brian Gable at The Globe and Mail. Please LIKE and SHARE and spread the word about this mass, unaccountable spying. read more

An older article that’s well worth a read: It’s not enough to know whether the actions of ultra-secretive spy agency CSEC’s activities are in compliance with controversial laws – Canadians also deserve to know whether CSEC is truly respecting Canadians’ right to privacy. Article by Tyler Dawson for The Ottawa