A coalition of Internet and privacy groups represented by the British Columbia Civil Liberties Union filed suit Tuesday against the Communications Security Establishment Canada.
After former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA regularly monitors Americans’ communications metadata, including phone records, Canada started its own inquiry. Through an access-to-information request—similar to an American Freedom of Information request—the Globe and Mail discovered that the country has its own metadata collection program, and its possibly more comprehensive than the NSA’s. Reports indicate Canada has collected not just phone metadata, but also citizens’ Internet activity.
Internet advocacy group Open Media has created a petition and fundraising campaign for the BCCLA. “We’re talking about a secretive agency having the power to spy on the private lives of any resident of Canada, at any time,” Open Media executive director Steve Anderson said in a statement. “We can’t even tell when we’ve been victimized by it.”
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After former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA regularly monitors Americans’ communications metadata, including phone records, Canada started its own inquiry. Through an access-to-information request—similar to an American Freedom of Information request—the Globe and Mail discovered that the country has its own metadata collection program, and its possibly more comprehensive than the NSA’s. Reports indicate Canada has collected not just phone metadata, but also citizens’ Internet activity.
Internet advocacy group Open Media has created a petition and fundraising campaign for the BCCLA. “We’re talking about a secretive agency having the power to spy on the private lives of any resident of Canada, at any time,” Open Media executive director Steve Anderson said in a statement. “We can’t even tell when we’ve been victimized by it.”
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