Privacy
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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 introduce privacy reform bill amid concerns over AI, data useThe legislation builds on the online harms bill introduced last week that strengthens safety measures for social media and AI platforms.PoliticsJun 15
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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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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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Alberta elector list breach shows legal gaps across Canada, watchdogs warnAlberta's privacy watchdog has called on the province to follow the example of B.C., which is the only province that includes political parties in its private sector privacy law.CanadaMay 14
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OpenAI violated Canadians’ privacy, watchdogs say in call for legal reformPrivacy watchdogs in Ottawa, Quebec, B.C. and Alberta say OpenAI's collection of personal information to train its early ChatGPT models was "overly broad" and not transparent.TechMay 6
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Ottawa proposes making it easier to share personal data among governmentIn a new policy paper, the government proposes allowing federal agencies to reuse and share personal data, without consent, if it improves services or programs.CanadaApr 2
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