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Re: [privacy] New Canadian Bill to Expand Law Enforcement Wiretapping
From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:38:58 -0800
http://www.dailytech.com/New+Canadian+Bill+to+Expand+Wiretapping/article667 0c.htm It would appear that this article is just as accurate about the bill as about the political situation in Canada:
Things are about to heat up in Canada as the current Liberal government
He's rather woefully out of date: the Liberals are out, and it's the Conservatives (in this case Minister "Stuntwell" Day) who are bringing in this bill. (In Canada the Liberal Party is the equivalent of the US Democratic Party, and the Conservatives are the equivalent of the US Democratic Party, but from the south-central states.)
The bill allow government and law enforcement agencies to access private citizen information without a warrant. Bill C-416 makes it possible for scenarios such as limited digital and analog wiretapping. Additionally, ISPs will also be required to give full customer information if needed.
Actually, if you read the bill (which is as long and tedious as one would imagine such an exercise to be), it does state that almost all requests have to be authorized: there is provision for emergency requests, but these have to be justified within 24 hours. It also notes that all surveillance has to be consistent with existing privacy laws. False alarm, Yanks: rest easy in the knowledge that you still have the edge on us in terms of government intrusions. ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () computercrime org Gourmet coffee shops -- just what we need ... a place where people who talk too much anyway can go for caffeine. Dictionary of Information Security www.syngress.com/catalog/?pid=4150 http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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