The CISPA Impact in Canada
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Is it even possible for our current government to bow any further to pressure from foreign governments?
@Joe
In one word?
Yes
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Even though this bill is only in the US, will sites like Facebook be able to give away our info as well? Canadian users on an American made site- justification of American laws used on us? Sorry if this doesn’t make perfect sense I don’t think I worded my thoughts properly
American ripples …
US laws consider US companies operations even outside the US to be bound by US law. All data retained by Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Google and untold other firms would be open to access should the US government desire it, regardless of where it was collected, or the nationality of the ultimate owner/source of said information.
If you find that scary, consider how much of Canadian health information is held in US systems, including insurance company clearing houses, as well as banking and other information.
All such laws passed in the US have a large ripple effect here.
There is a quote from a novel, one with some sharp political insights, that goes “… keep a government poor and weak and it’s your servant. Let it become rich and strong and it becomes your master. We don’t want any masters …”. Unfortunately, the US, and Canada, have long since passed the tipping point.
oh and …
Oh, and any Canadian firm or website that hosts or stores information on a server in the US is effectively bound by the US laws as well through their US service provider.
So does..
So does this give the us jurisdiction in Canada and around the world, and will the FBI come banging on my door if I do something wrong? What exactly are they looking for?