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Canadian Lawful Access Legislation

Posted by michael on from the right-to-pry dept.

EvilAlien writes "In Canada, existing legislation covers access to telephone records, disclosure of customer information in accordance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and other means compelling the release of information. However, the laws regulating access to these networks for Canadian law enforcement and national security groups are only under development. The Department of Justice has released their Lawful Access Consultation Document to get feedback from all the stakeholders including industry, civil liberties groups, and the legal community."

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  1. Re:guess what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    liberal commie

    Canada is slightly left wing compared to the US, but it is definitely not communist. Do some of your own research.

    shithole

    You are forgetting that this shithole is about the best place to live in the world according to the United Nations. I think we ranked 2nd or 3rd this year, but have rated consistently 1st for the past number of years. Oh yah, and the US is not even in the top 5.

    All I can say is, at least we don't have a retard like bush for our leader.

  2. Re:This doesn't matter by digidave · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's pretty ignorant. I am Canadian, but I don't say that American issues don't matter. DMCA doesn't matter because I'm Canadian, so Slashdot shouldn't post about it, is that how I should think?

    Perhaps you should go back to the dump and find your soul. It's good to care about what happens in countries besides your own.

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    The global economy is a great thing until you feel it locally.
  3. Re:Response from Canadian ISPs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Hey you have to hand it to the Mexicans though, they happily take the jobs that even a cash-strapped 17 year old kid wouldn't do for spare cash. E.g., picking tomatoes, mowing lawns, custodians, taking out trash, mcdonalds cook, busboy, etc. Plus they don't complain. Props to the mexicanos, mang.

  4. You know what the problem is? by WildBeast · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm willing to bet that at least 60% of Canadians are happy with such legislation. Very few people care about there privacy.

    Hell the government can look at our bank account whenever the hell he wants to. I sent letters to the mayor, letters to some political parties and no response whatsoever. What's amazing is that everyone I talked to didn't seem to care about the fact that the government can look into there bank account without permission.