Our data isn’t political currency! Political parties can collect and profile our personal information without the same privacy rules that apply to businesses or public institutions in 🇨🇦. Tell your MP to support Petition e-7237 and protect voter privacy: https://openmedia.org/voter-privacy-2026
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How Microsoft and Yahoo are selling politicians access to you
The companies have troves of data that help campaigns target potential voters.
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
Facebook Data Privacy Scandal: A Cheat Sheet - TechRepublic
Read about the saga of Facebook's failures in ensuring privacy for user data, including how it relates to Cambridge Analytica, the GDPR, the Brexit campaign, and the 2016 US presidential election.
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.
Gander: The Social Media You Want, Built in Canada
Fun, private, and ethical. We're changing the way social media is done around here, all without your personal data taking an unexpected trip down south.
Who needs democracy when you have data?
Here’s how China rules using data, AI, and internet surveillance.
Stop and Consider:Our campaign
During a federal election there is a large amount of information being distributed, much of it online, which is seeking to influence your vote. Some of this may be disinformation, or false information.
Stop Bill C-22!
🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: https://openmedia.org/StopC22 #BillC22
Tell the Senate: Reform Bill C-22
LAST CHANCE to fix #BillC22 surveillance powers that threaten Canadians' rights and privacy! Major companies and civil society groups are raising the alarm. Demand the Senate #ReformC22 now! 👉 https://openmedia.org/ReformC22
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Harper does U-turn on election law gagging advocacy groups | CBC News
Stephen Harper used to contend that money doesn't influence the outcome of elections, and he used to rail against any attempt to limit the amounts outside advocacy groups could spend during campaigns. That was, of course, before he became PM. Now, he's taken an entirely different stance.
Facebook Shouldn't Give Politicians More Power Than Ordinary Users
Amidst escalating rhetoric about alleged "anti-conservative bias" on social media, Facebook has doubled down on its policies exempting (some) politicians from its ordinary fact-checking and from its
Canadians’ rightful access to public information being blocked, experts say
Information watchdogs, researchers, media and others say government, institutions keeping citizens in the dark even as opportunities for transparency increase.
B.C. government email scandal exposes weak freedom of information laws | CBC Radio
Damning findings of the B.C.'s privacy commissioner showed a trail of deleted emails. Today, we're examining the case of how legislation to assist the curious in the form of Freedom of Information laws across Canada leaves us with precious little of the Information we're supposed to get.
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.
