jdobbin Posted September 13, 2007 Report Posted September 13, 2007 http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor...?hub=TopStories Privacy watchdogs are crying foul over an attempt by the Public Safety Canada to come up with legislation that will force telecommunications providers to cough up personal information about their clients to authorities.A consultation document obtained by CTV News reveals the government is planning to hold talks to "address the challenges faced by police, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Competition Bureau when seeking timely access to basic Customer Name Address (CNA) information." Due to a current lack of legislation, the document states, some telecommunications companies choose to provide customer information to police when it is requested, while others demand a court order before releasing any information at all. The Public Safety Department hopes to establish new legislation to ensure police are granted the information on demand. That worries some privacy advocates. "I was really troubled when I first read the document, in large part because it's a consultation with a limited number of choices," Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, told CTV News. "It's clear that Public Safety has the expectation that all Internet service providers and telecommunications companies will be required to hand over personal information without court oversight, simply because they're asked to provide it." So, is anyone else concerned that there doesn't seem to be much court oversight for this? Quote
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