The office of Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is crafting a directive for how Canada’s electronic spy agency shares its foreign signals intelligence with its closest allies, the Five Eyes partners.
Spy agency slammed for snooping on Canadians abroad | CBC News
Canada's spy agency deliberately withheld information from the courts in an effort to do an end-run around the law when it applied for top-secret warrants to intercept the communications of Canadians abroad, a Federal Court judge said Friday.
CSE: What do we know about Canada's eavesdropping agency? | CBC News
CBC News takes a closer look at the activities of one of Canada's most secretive agencies, the Communications Security Establishment.
Privacy czar wants better oversight of Canada's spy agencies | CBC News
Spy agencies must be accountable to Canadians for what they do with personal information, says interim privacy commissioner Chantal Bernier in a special report released today.
Why the U.S. is noticing this Canadian security bill | CBC News
A Liberal government bill that proposes giving police and spies easier access to information during investigations has fallen into the crosshairs of U.S. tech giants and two American congressional committees, threatening to become the latest irritant in the Canada-U.S. relationship.
Spy agencies, PM's adviser defend airport Wi-FI data collection | CBC News
The head of Canada's communications surveillance agency defended its use of metadata Monday and argued a test using Canadian passengers' data — revealed by CBC News last week — didn't run in real-time and wasn't an actual operation.
Lawful Access and the Privacy of Canadians « Pirate Party of Canada
Ex-Minister of International Trade Peter Van Loan confirmed June 2nd, 2011, that the Harper Government would be tabling a massive crime bill that Fall [1]. Included in this crime bill is lawful access legislation, previously known as bills C-50, C-51, and C-52 [2]. At the time this is being written (09/2011) it is unknown whether or not legislation such as the “Canadian DMCA” bill C-32 will be included in this crime bill. This lawful access legislation mandates the disclosure of Internet provider customer information to government and police without any warrant, in addition to requiring Internet providers to dramatically re-work their networks to allow for real-time surveillance. Lawful access legislation negatively affects the privacy of all Canadians.
CSEC Wi-Fi snooping experiment prompts calls for review | CBC News
A B.C. MP is calling for an independent review of the activities of Canada's electronic spy agency, after CBC News revealed this week that the agency conducted an experiment in tracking internet users who logged in through wireless access points at Canadian airports.
How Canada’s shadowy metadata-gathering program went awry
Records obtained by The Globe and Mail show that the rights and wrongs of collecting data on Canadians have been debated vigorously within the security bureaucracy over the past decade
Signal warns it would pull out of Canada if made to comply with lawful access bill
Secure messaging service says it will not weaken its encryption, privacy safeguards for government
The Lawful Access Two-Headed Surveillance Monster: How Bill C-22 Went Off the Rails - Michael Geist
The government’s plans for lawful access have gone off the rails. In recent days, Signal has warned it would pull out of the Canadian market rather than comply with Bill C-22. Windscribe, the Toronto-headquartered VPN provider, has said it would relocate its headquarters out of Canada and NordVPN has warned it would consider following suit. Apple and Meta have both raised public concerns about the bill’s effect on encryption and cybersecurity. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Cybersecurity Advisors Network, civil liberties groups, and a long line of legal and security experts have all called for changes. The chairs of the U.S. House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs Committees have written to Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree warning that the bill threatens U.S. national security and the integrity of cross-border data flows. Even the bill’s own oversight body, the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency, has told the SECU committee it does not have the access it needs for effective oversight. If the government thought it could push through the bill largely unnoticed, it has been proven painfully wrong as there are now trade frictions with the U.S., the prospect of leading companies exiting the Canadian market, and weaker cybersecurity protections for ordinary users. How did Canada’s lawful access plan go awry so quickly?
New powers for Canadian spy agency alarming
Bill C-59 could normalize state-sponsored hacking and disinformation campaigns, university organization warns.
Privacy laws lag behind as some Canadian police forces begin to use facial recognition technology | CBC News
Privacy advocates are calling on all levels of government to create specific regulations around police use of facial recognition technology.
Japan’s police to monitor ‘tokuryū’ use of confidential messaging apps
The method involves remote-controlling smartphones and other devices of high-ranking tokuryū members to access communication records and other information.
Canadians are lax on privacy, Senate committee hears
Bill S-220 would create parliamentary committee to oversee intelligenec and security efforts
Cross-Border Collaboration For Ip Protection.
Cross-Border Collaboration for IP ProtectionCross-border collaboration in IP protection occurs when multiple countries, corporations, or ins...
Canadian spy ops targeted global file-sharing services, drowned in Glee episodes
Canada's version of the NSA targeted RapidShare, MegaUpload, and SendSpace.
