Huffington Post: Ottawa Is Spying On Us Without Warrants And It’s Time To Get Mad
Online privacy is at the heart of a healthy modern democracy, according to this editor. But privacy is under threat, and it’s time to take action to defend it. Speak…
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Boing Boing: Visualizing inspiring quotes about privacy
Check out these inspiring visualizations of quotes about the right to privacy in the modern world. Perfect for hanging on your wall while you’re fighting against mass surveillance. Article by…
Torrent Freak: The Connection Between the Copyright Industry and the NSA
Article by Rick Falkvinge for Torrent Freak As I described in a previous column, the copyright monopoly cannot be enforced without mass surveillance. There is no way to tell a…
Ottawa’s spying on Canadians has no place in free society
Canadian government surveillance is expensive and out-of-control, argues our Steve Anderson in the Toronto Star. It’s time for the government to take responsibility and defend online privacy, instead of pushing…
Canada’s leading privacy experts unite behind Ottawa Statement, offer high-level proposals to rein in mass surveillance
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…
Vice: Opposition is Mounting Against the Conservatives’ Surveillance-Friendly Cyberbullying Bill
Canadians from all walks of life are deeply concerned about how new legislation will affect their privacy, and are calling on the government to back off from creating new spying…
CBC: Revenue Canada may soon be able to disclose info without warrant
The government seems intent on undermining Canadians’ privacy at every turn: now they’ve introduced legislation to allow law enforcement warrantless access to your tax information. Think that’s ridiculous? Sound off…
Motherboard: For Canada’s Spies, Your Data Is Just a Phone Call Away
If a government agency decides they want to spy on you, it’s as easy as a phone call to your wireless company. Now, the government wants to give those companies…
Globe and Mail: Your cellphone is not your castle. But it should be
This hard-hitting editorial in The Globe and Mail highlights how the government’s Bill C-13 could violate the privacy of Canadians, including minors. Prominent cyberbullying advocates agree, and are calling on…
Mother of cyberbullying victim speaks out to defend privacy as tens of thousands call for online spying proposals to be removed from Bill C-13
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…
National Post: How federal bill C-13 could give CSIS agents — or even Rob Ford — access to your personal online data
Frighteningly vague language in the govt’s proposed new Online Spying law could give any public officer, including mayors, access to your private information. That’s right: mayors of major Canadian cities……
Transparent Lives: Surveillance experts want you to know how you’re being watched, what you can do about it.
Canadians are more surveilled than ever as new technologies enable privacy invasions on a massive scale. How did we arrive at this juncture? And what can we do to modernize…
The Globe and Mail: We can’t let phone companies determine our privacy rights
Who can you trust with your private information? Not the government apparently. Not Big Telecom either. Isn’t it time for Stephen Harper to take responsibility and defend our online privacy?…
Lang & O’Leary Exchange: The Big Picture panel debates Ottawa’s online surveillance record
What’s at stake in upcoming changes to Canada’s privacy laws? Our own Steve Anderson lays it all out. read more
CBC: Government snooping on social media may breach Privacy Act
“When we share on Facebook, we think we’re sharing with our friends. We don’t think we’re sharing everything with some faceless government bureaucrat in Ottawa using our tax dollars to…
Michael Geist: Why are telecom providers refusing to come clean about disclosing your private information?
Why are telecom providers refusing to come clean about disclosing your private information? Article by Michael Geist While much of the attention this week on the massive number of requests…
Citizenlab: Is the Canadian Government spying on you?
We’ve been demanding that the Canadian government stand up and defend our privacy instead of invading it. You should too: http://OpenMedia.ca/DefendPrivacy But how can you know if your private information…
The Star: Federal government is ‘creeping’ your Facebook page
The government spies on Canadians’ private information more than a million times a year, often without a warrant. If that wasn’t enough, now it turns out they’re creeping on your…
Global: Feds lack accountability in dealing with Canadians’ private info: privacy czar
This government has proven that they can’t be trusted with Canadians’ private information. Tell them it’s time to take responsibility and defend our privacy at http://OpenMedia.ca/DefendPrivacy Article by Global News…
Groundbreaking new book by leading privacy experts launched as government comes under increasing pressure on online spying
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…