With so much focus this week on Bill C-11 and ACTA, I’ve neglected to post two recent columns on lawful access. The first piece (Ottawa Citizen version, homepage version) focuses on the potential for compromise in the legislation, with particular attention to the issue of maintaining court oversight for subscriber […]
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Lawful Access Sends Signal Canada Is Open for Big Brother Inc. Business
Appeared in the Toronto Star on February 26, 2012 as Bill C-30 Open Canada to Big Brother Inc. Business Privacy International, one of the world’s leading privacy organizations, last year released the results of a multi-year investigation into the shadowy world of the commercial surveillance industry. Dubbed “Big Brother Inc.â€, […]
Searching for Compromise on Online Surveillance
Appeared in the Ottawa Citizen on February 20, 2012 as Why Governments Can’t Pass a Privacy Bill The introduction of Internet surveillance legislation last week generated an immediate storm of outrage. Fueled by Public Safety Minister Vic Toews’ comments that critics of the legislation were “siding with child pornographers,†the […]
How to Fix Canada’s Online Surveillance Bill: A 12 Step To-Do List
- Evidence, Evidence, Evidence
- No Mandatory Warrantless Access to Subscriber Information
- Reporting Warrantless Disclosure of Subscriber Information
- Remove the Disclosure Gag Order
- “Voluntary” Warrantless Data Preservation and Production
- Government Installation of Surveillance Equipment
- Reconsider the Internet Provider Regulatory Framework
- Improve Lawful Access Oversight
- Limit the Law to Serious Crimes
- Come Clean on Costs
- The Missing Regulations
- Deal With The Failure of Privacy Laws To Keep Pace
Details on each follows:
Estimating the Costs of Online Surveillance
The CBC reports that the online surveillance bill will cost $20 million per year for four years. ITBusiness.ca highlights some of the problems with the estimate.