Canada's Online Surveillance Bill: Section 34 "Opens Door To Big Brother"

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday February 19, 2012 @08:11AM from the watching-you dept.

Saint Aardvark writes "Canada's proposed online surveillance bill looked bad enough when it was introduced, but it gets worse: Section 34 allows access to any telco place or equipment, and to any information contained there — with no restrictions, no warrants, and no review. From the article: 'Note that such all-encompassing searches require no warrant, and don't even have to be in the context of a criminal investigation. Ostensibly, the purpose is to ensure that the ISP is complying with the requirements of the act — but nothing in the section restricts the inspector to examining or seizing only information bearing upon that issue. It's still "any" information whatsoever.'"

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Toews surprised by content of online surveillance by seyyah · 2012-02-19 08:32 · Score: 5, Informative

That's the CBC headline after interviewing Toews about his own bill: Toews surprised by content of online surveillance.
It's worth listening to the interview that was aired on The House yesterday.