Government asked for private Telecom/social media data 1.2 million times in 2011...

[Toma]

Wow!

Canada must be just full of terrorist plotters.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2...mers_data.html

[codetrap]

And? If the police are investigating a child assault case, you don't think they're going to put information requests into 10 different agencies for one person to help build a case? Is it the big number that scares you?

[Xtrema]

No problem with the request, the question here is that nobody knows if information was given with or without warrant.

[codetrap]

^ or if any information was given out at all. Just because the request was made. I'm with you, I'd like to know more about what kind of information was actually given out, and how many times.

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by codetrap
^ or if any information was given out at all. Just because the request was made. I'm with you, I'd like to know more about what kind of information was actually given out, and how many times.

The shear number of requests, even a 50% success rate, is a lot of info given out.

When asked if the companies would consider releasing the information to the privacy commissioner’s office, the telecoms responded with one word: “No.”

“We have tried, many times. We have sought out information from the telecoms to find out, and they’ve given us very general comments,” said Chantal Bernier, the interim privacy commissioner.

So if telecom has the same reply to the privacy commissioner as with other requests than we are fine. But I'm sure there are lots of warrantless tabs of citizens.

[Toma]

Lol... For now..... Read the fine print of the conservatives omni bus cyber 'bully' bill.

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by Toma
Lol... For now..... Read the fine print of the conservatives omni bus cyber 'bully' bill.

You know Beyond agrees with you when your thread is quiet.