OpenMedia_Logo.png High-profile figures including Margaret Atwood and Jean Chretien among the victims of latest in a long string of government privacy breaches affecting over 725,000 of us November 25, 2014…
Calling all Canadians! Join us for our Facebook Town Hall on privacy issues, taking place on Facebook at 4pm PT / 7pm ET later today. We’ll have expert guests from…
Online Spying Bill C-13 is now at a crucial stage in the Canadian Senate, where it faces its last hurdle before becoming the law of the land. Key senators on…
Canada's Privacy Commissioner is raising the alarm over a lack of oversight on police powers that the government's Bill C-13 would create Article by Laura Payton for CBC News Privacy…
Peter MacKay doit refaire ses devoirs. Par Pierrot Péladeau pour Journal De Montreal En 2012, le précédent ministre de la Justice, Vic Toews, avait tenté de faire passer le projet…
Hear ye! Hear ye! Announcing the OpenMedia Facebook Town Hall on Canada’s privacy laws! All interested Internet citizens are hereby invited to join our Facebook Privacy Town Hall on Tuesday…
We're pretty sure that what this OPP officer and government Senator want to do is a terrible, terrible idea Article by Michael Geist If you could change or enact one…
TOMORROW: Join the Fair Deal Coalition teach-in! The TPP could be finalized in the coming months, and things are moving fast. That’s why we’d like to invite you to hear…
Our Letter to the Editor tool about spying Bill C-13 is having a huge impact – check out this letter that went viral on reddit. Have you given the tool…
The government is trying to push through harsh new surveillance laws that threaten our democratic rights. Got a problem with that? Check out this great piece by Tom Henheffer, and…
Canadians across the country have been using our Letter to the Editor tool to speak out against online spying Bill C-13. Here’s one of the letters published in the Campbell…
Hey community, how do you feel about the government spending your tax dollars to pay bureaucrats to creep on your social media accounts? Let us know in the comments. Article…
ProtectOurPrivacy403_2.png Media reports this morning have revealed that the federal government is building an expansive Social Media Monitoring system to collect, store, and analyze what Canadians say on social media…
This is urgent: Peter MacKay’s Online Spying Bill C-13 has already passed the House of Commons and will soon face a final vote in the Senate. We can still stop…
Millions of people have spoken out against the Internet slow lane. But don’t expect a little thing like that to stop Big Telecom’s plan. Find out what you can do…
Canada’s privacy deficit is taking a surprising toll on our economy. Check out this great piece by OpenMedia board member Phillip Djwa and share widely! This article originally appeared in…
This MP wants the government to create oversight over CSEC and keep Canadians safe. But the government doesn’t seem to be interested. Article by Sindhu Dharmarajah for the Vancouver Observer…
“Intel leaders can no longer operate under the assumption that they can say pretty much whatever they want in public and it’s never going to come home to roost.” Article…
Canadians are under the NSA’s microscope – and it’s time for that to change. Here are practical steps from Privacy Coalition expert Andrew Clement to help safeguard Canadian networks from…
ProtectOurPrivacy403.png Privacy advocates hail Joyce Murray’s Private Members Bill as a step forward to boost transparency, oversight, and accountability for secretive spy agency CSEC October 30, 2014 – Today, Members…
