Canadian Lawful Access Legislation

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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Re:Why bother?

[Orthanc_duo]

Maybe they should be fighting their government for basic guaranteed human rights like free speech and press and the freedom to own guns before worrying about their "rights" online because they don't have any
Is owning a gun a basic human right? Lets take a quick guess at why there are so many shootings in USA. Quite frankly you can keep your rite to own guns, down here in NZ the cops don't normally carry guns. If someone is shot its headline news, not a daily occurance as it seems to be over there. You should be fighting to remove such a "right" as it will likely get you killed.

Orthanc

Not "Blame Canada"... now it's "Hate Canada".

[RobinH]

I can't believe the posts so far in this story. You'd think that there would at least be SOME amount of rational posts on /.

I think that we Canadians have offered our friendship to the U.S. long enough. The Americans are obviously not intelligent or mature enough to even bother acknowledging anymore. You wonder why people hate you? It's not a mystery to Canadians.

Screw the United States. The next time Osama knocks down one of your buildings, don't come whining to us for blood donations, places to land international flights, or donations for the victims. I, for one, couldn't give a shit. I'm sick of giving without even getting a thankyou.