You might remember that the Canadian Government tried to bring in bill C-30 which would have given police the right to require ISPs make their networks surveillance-ready without the use of warrant and hand whatever data police at any time without a warrant. To nobody’s surprise, this created a crapstorm. Fortunately, this has been shelved according to the CBC:
“We will not be proceeding with Bill C-30 and any attempts that we will continue to have to modernize the Criminal Code will not contain the measures contained in C-30, including the warrantless mandatory disclosure of basic subscriber information or the requirement for telecommunications service providers to build intercept capability within their systems,” [Federal Justice Minister Rob] Nicholson said.
But before you stop traffic and hold a parade, let me introduce you to bill C-55:
The new bill, C-55, would give peace officers the right to secretly intercept private communications without a warrant in relatively rare, urgent situations. Someone whose communications had been intercepted in situations of imminent harm would have to be notified by police within 90 days.
We’ll have to wait to see the fine details of this new bill. There might a nasty surprise for Canadians in there.
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Bill C-30 Is Dead…. But Canadians Shouldn’t Celebrate Yet
You might remember that the Canadian Government tried to bring in bill C-30 which would have given police the right to require ISPs make their networks surveillance-ready without the use of warrant and hand whatever data police at any time without a warrant. To nobody’s surprise, this created a crapstorm. Fortunately, this has been shelved according to the CBC:
“We will not be proceeding with Bill C-30 and any attempts that we will continue to have to modernize the Criminal Code will not contain the measures contained in C-30, including the warrantless mandatory disclosure of basic subscriber information or the requirement for telecommunications service providers to build intercept capability within their systems,” [Federal Justice Minister Rob] Nicholson said.
But before you stop traffic and hold a parade, let me introduce you to bill C-55:
The new bill, C-55, would give peace officers the right to secretly intercept private communications without a warrant in relatively rare, urgent situations. Someone whose communications had been intercepted in situations of imminent harm would have to be notified by police within 90 days.
We’ll have to wait to see the fine details of this new bill. There might a nasty surprise for Canadians in there.
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