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share_pop_300.PNG Letter to PM from leading Privacy Coalition experts sets out detailed critique of how Bill C-13 undermines privacy and calls for rethink of Privacy Commissioner nomination May 30, 2014 – A group of leading privacy experts have written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper to demand he tackle Canada’s growing

ProtectOurPrivacy.png Over 35 leading academics and 19 organizations sign on in support of the Ottawa Statement on Mass Surveillance, which sets out what needs to be done to protect Canadians from out-of-control mass surveillance May 22, 2014 – The government needs to start respecting the Charter and Canadians’ human and

share_pop_300.PNG “I don’t want to see our children to be victimized again by losing privacy right” says Carol Todd as growing campaign rallies behind calls to split C-13 to remove online spying proposals – OpenMedia.ca available to comment Carol Todd, the mother of cyberbullying victim Amanda Todd, has told a

ProtectOurPrivacy.png Transparent Lives: Surveillance in Canada reveals how Canadians are increasingly leading their lives under pervasive government surveillance and shows how out-of-control government spying can be curbed May 8, 2014 – A groundbreaking new book about surveillance in Canada will be launched later today. The book is the work of

ProtectOurPrivacy.png Commenting on today’s House of Commons debate about online spying, OpenMedia.ca Executive Director Steve Anderson said: “We now know that Stephen Harper’s government spies on the private lives of Canadians once every 27 seconds. This astonishing figure shows government spying is clearly irresponsible, out-of-control, and hugely expensive for taxpayers.

The Federal Privacy Commissioner has revealed there are 1.2 million breaches of Canadians’ privacy each year. In the vast majority of these cases, telecom providers are handing over private customer information to the government without a warrant and with no judicial oversight. Responding to the news, OpenMedia.ca Executive Director Steve

ProtectOurPrivacy.png Government could shut down Parliamentary debate on Bill C-13 as early as today April 28, 2014 – The government looks likely to shut down debate on its controversial Online Spying Bill C-13, which MPs are scheduled to discuss later today. The move comes after tens of thousands have spoken

OpenMedia_Logo.png Canadians deserve answers from the government about what it’s doing to keep our private data secure, says community-based group working to protect the privacy of all Canadians The Canada Revenue Agency has revealed that the Heartbleed bug has made over 900 Social Insurance Numbers in CRA databases vulnerable to

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