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Canadian ISP On Disclosing Subscriber Info: Come Back With a Warrant

Posted by samzenpus on from the take-off dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Canadian ISP Rogers has updated its privacy policy to reflect last month's Supreme Court of Canada Spencer decision. That decision ruled that there was a reasonable expectation of privacy in subscriber information. Canada's largest cable ISP will now require a warrant for law enforcement access to basic subscriber information, a policy that effectively kills the Canadian government's efforts to expand the disclosures through voluntary means."

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  1. Good for them by by+(1706743) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Unfortunate that respecting privacy to the extent the law permits is the exception, not the norm...

  2. YAY US by maliqua · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Fuck you american corporations

  3. This is excellent timing given the upcoming T.P.P. by MrKevvy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    One of the draconian provisions of the upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership, which the Canadian government unfortunately signed on to (and just hosted a meeting of in Ottawa) is that ISPs are legally expected to monitor and rat out their customers for accessing verboten content, ie torrents.

    I hope that this is the beginning of the end for that idea.

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  4. Re:It won't last. by uCallHimDrJ0NES · · Score: 3, Informative

    Darn it! Toe the line. Toe the line. HOLD THE LINE!!!!!!!

    Me do speak English.

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