Tag: online spying

Here’s why some people offer excuses, justifications, or experience apathy when it comes to mass, suspicionless surveillance in Canada – and why that needs to change. For everyone in Vancouver on January 23, Professor Deibert will be speaking at UBC’S Cecil Green Park House at 5 p.m. on surveillance. He’ll

Monia Mazigh is speaking out against the government’s out-of-control spying on law-abiding citizens. Monia is an academic, a politician, and a human rights defender. She is also the wife of Maher Arar, the Canadian citizen who was detained by U.S. authorities while returning to Canada from a family trip abroad.

Privacy expert Professor Michael Geist appeared on TVO’s The Agenda to discuss Bill C-13 – Peter MacKay’s resurrection of Vic Toews’ failed online spying bill. You’ll want to see what he has to say. Speak out by joining the Protect Our Privacy Coalition today. Article by Michael Geist Earlier this

A spy manual revealed by The Globe and Mail urges new CSEC employees to be “proud” of their partnership with the U.S. NSA – the same NSA that’s systematically collecting your private, personal data. Tell the government it’s time to rein in this out-of-control spy agency at https://openmedia.ca/csec Article by

Just before Christmas, government spy agency CSEC finally admitted that it spied on law-abiding Canadians – Canadians who have not consented to give away their private, sensitive information. And that’s a big problem. CSEC’s long overdue admission, which was posted on their website just before Christmas, clearly raises more questions

In this hard-hitting editorial by the Toronto Star, we learn more about how Canada’s spy agency is putting Canadians living abroad at potential risk – and why Canadians should no longer stand for it. Speak out against illegal spying at https://openmedia.ca/csec Article by Toronto Star Editorial Board: Canada’s top spy

In this exceptional piece, Cory Doctorow argues that the time is ripe to end indifference to online spying. Article by Cory Doctorow for the Guardian: We’ve seen less than 1% of the NSA documents Edward Snowden took with him from his employer, Booz Allen. The whistleblower had been employed to

This article on NSA spying is long — but well worth the read. Article by Ryan Lizza for the New Yorker: On March 12, 2013, James R. Clapper appeared before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to discuss the threats facing America. Clapper, who is seventy-two, is a retired Air

Thank you to everyone who has taken a stand with OpenMedia and the BC Civil Liberties Association against warrantless spying against Canadian citizens. Learn more about our efforts at https://OpenMedia.ca/CSEC We’ve created this handy infographic to outline how the government could be collecting our private, sensitive information — and what

Yesterday, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously signed off on a U.N. resolution aimed at upholding the right to privacy after revelations by U.S. NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden show that the U.S. and U.K. governments have been conducting mass, warrantless surveillance on innocent citizens around the world. The resolution, known

Intelligence experts have a few things to say when it comes to overseeing the activities of ultra-secretive spy agency CSEC’s activities — and poor record-keeping is the least of it.// Canadians deserve accountability when it comes to the reckless collection and storing of their private, sensitive information. Learn how OpenMedia.ca

Leading Canadian authors join over 550 writers from around the world in condemning these acts that threaten our right to privacy. This stand comes after OpenMedia, together with 300 organizations, have joined together to demand change at https://en.necessaryandproportionate.org/take-action/openmedia Article by Kim Nursall for the Toronto Star: Some of Canada’s most

Positive news from the U.S. today, where several large tech firms have united to form the Reform Government Surveillance coalition. Tech giants including Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Twitter say that world governments need to change their surveillance tactics. The new coalition is calling for strict limits on how government spy

The government’s new online spying legislation is the “ghost of Vic Toews’ e-snooping bill” which over 150,000 Canadians previously fought against — and won. Support Canada’s largest pro-privacy coalition at http://OurPrivacy.ca Article by Bea Vongdouangchanh for The Hill Times: read more