Several editorials and articles from this past weekend paint a concerning picture of the state of privacy in Canada. In this weekend’s Toronto Star, Professor Michael Geist ponders the question, “why has the Canadian government given up on protecting our privacy?” Unfortunately, the answer to that question is increasingly clear. Not only has the government largely […]

At the recent Politics of Surveillance Workshop in Ottawa, a number of thought leaders in the fields of privacy and surveillance devised a key statement outlining their concerns about Canada’s digital policies and the need for ongoing public consultation about changes to Canada’s digital laws. The statement includes a number of requests for Canadian governments: 1.  […]

This past weekend, the Toronto Star looked at how U.S. companies are handling the Canadian government requests for the personal data of Canadians and discovered that large companies such as Google, Twitter and Yahoo are being much more careful about sharing consumer’s data than our national telecoms: But the numbers also raise questions about why U.S. […]