MPs get an earful from opponents of ‘lawful access’ bill over privacy concerns
Privacy groups say the bill could require providers to build surveillance tools and retain metadata for up to one year.
- On Tuesday, privacy advocates including OpenMedia executive director Matt Hatfield testified before MPs against Bill C-22, warning the legislation unnecessarily expands police and intelligence surveillance powers and endangers Canadians' privacy rights.
- The legislation would require electronic service providers to maintain technical capabilities for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and police, while mandating retention of metadata for up to one year.
- Major tech companies including Apple, Meta, Signal, and NordVPN warned the bill threatens encryption, with Signal stating, 'If we are ever forced to choose between betraying the people who rely on us and leaving a market, we will leave.'
- Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree stated recently that the bill was never meant to breach encryption, promising forthcoming amendments will clarify the government's intent to concerned stakeholders.
- Critics describe the bill as 'an enormous own goal' against Canada's economy and security, while Tim McSorley of the Centre for Free Expression called it the latest in a long string of proposals undermining Canadians' privacy rights.
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MPs get an earful from opponents of ‘lawful access’ bill over privacy concerns
OTTAWA - A group that works to keep the internet surveillance-free says a federal bill intended to help police and intelligence services is "an enormous own goal" against Canada's economy
MPs get an earful from opponents of 'lawful access' bill over privacy concerns
OTTAWA — A group that works to keep the internet surveillance-free says a federal bill intended to help police and intelligence services is “an enormous own goal” against Canada’s economy and security. Matt Hatfield, executive director of OpenMedia, told MPs studying the bill Tuesday that limited amendments will not salvage the proposed legislation. The government […]
CCLA and Citizen Lab researchers release detailed analysis of Bill C-22's many flaws
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association along with Kate Robertson and Cynthia Khoo from the Citizen Lab released a detailed analysis of Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, which would enact broad surveillance obligations and reforms in Canada. The legislation has received wide-ranging criticism from leading civil society organizations and experts (FR), the Global Encryption Coalition, Canadian and International tech, law professors, providers of …
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