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• Feds reject call for explicit instructions on border searches of smartphones, computers

  The federal public safety minister is rejecting a call from MPs to spell out explicitly in law when and how border agents can search travellers' smartphones and other electronic devices at the border.

  Canada

  Apr 18, 2018
  
• Here’s what new powers U.S. border guards have when it comes to your cell phone

  In one of several testy exchanges during a U.S. Senate hearing this week, the country's secretary of homeland security was pressed to explain a new policy that allows customs agents to examine the cellphones of travellers at the border.

  Canada

  Jan 18, 2018
  
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• Planned border cellphone, social media password searches for visitors to U.S. causing concern

  Canadian privacy could be imperilled by apparent U.S. plans to demand cellphone and social media passwords from foreign visitors, a federal watchdog says.

  Canada

  May 29, 2017
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• Cellphone searches at the border under investigation by privacy watchdog

  The CBSA's practice of examining and even confiscating travellers' cellphones and other personal devices has come under the scrutiny of the federal privacy watchdog.

  Canada

  Mar 16, 2017
• Canadian border officials can search your cellphone, confiscate your device

  Your cellphone contains just about anything and everything someone could want to know about you — and Canada Border Services Agency officers have the right to inspect your device.

  Canada

  Feb 27, 2017