Lawful Access
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Liberals dismiss ‘tinfoil hat’ privacy fears as lawful access bill passesConservatives and other opposition parties sought to address privacy concerns in Bill C-22, but the Liberal government shut down debate and fast-tracked the bill.PoliticsJun 18
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Minister says MPs must ‘choose’ victims by fast-tracking lawful access billLawful access has raised privacy concerns, yet Gary Anandasangaree echoed Conservative Vic Toews who said in 2012 people 'can either stand with us or with the child pornographers.'PoliticsJun 16
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Liberals open to shorter metadata rules but splitting bill ‘not an option’Ottawa says it is willing to change its lawful access bill to shorten the time electronic service providers would be required to keep users' metadata to less than one year.PoliticsJun 9
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Signal, DuckDuckGo among firms weighing Canada exit over lawful access billSignal is among the most prominent platforms to make such a threat while speaking out against Bill C-22, while VPN providers have also threatened to leave or curtail services.TechJun 4
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Lawful access bill not ‘optional’ but will see privacy amendments: ministerGary Anandasangaree defended Bill C-22 as necessary for investigators as the legislation faces growing privacy concerns and tech industry pushback.PoliticsMay 27
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Apple, Google say lawful access bill could undermine user safety, privacyThe testimony comes amid increasing concerns from privacy experts and technology service providers about the controversial measures in Bill C-22.CanadaMay 26
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Your metadata may be kept for a year under lawful access bill. What to knowWhile officials insist the bill wouldn't allow police to read your emails, and could only access the metadata with a warrant, experts warn the retention policy alone is concerning.TechMay 21
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Lawful access bill could lead to exit from Canada, major VPN provider saysNordVPN says it is reviewing the bill and would consider leaving Canada if the bill requires it to compromise its privacy protections.PoliticsMay 15
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Police will get new powers for online data in tweaked ‘lawful access’ billBill C-22 narrows the scope of the original legislation that sought to give police new powers to access internet user data from service providers.CanadaMar 12
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