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A good step for the freedom of the web in Canada




by Alain G » 12/02/13, 16:25

Ottawa drops its Internet surveillance bill

The federal government is abandoning Bill C-30, a controversial initiative that would have allowed police forces to conduct warrantless Internet surveillance. Introduced last year, this bill aimed to protect children from cyber predators, but was seen as a significant breach in the privacy of Canadians.

Federal government abandons Bill C-30, a controversial initiative ...

The federal government is abandoning Bill C-30, a controversial initiative that would have allowed police forces to conduct warrantless Internet surveillance. Introduced last year, this bill aimed to protect children from cyber predators, but was seen as a significant breach in the privacy of Canadians.

Justice Minister Rob Nicholson announced the abandonment of this bill on Monday when another bill to add new privacy protections to the existing Criminal Code provision is tabled on the wiretapping.

The purpose of this bill is to respond to an 2012 Supreme Court ruling in April that struck down federal legislation that allowed the authorities to wiretap in urgent cases without warrants.

The application of this unanimous judgment of the highest court in the country was suspended for a year to allow Parliament to rewrite the law to respect the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Last year, in its Bill C-30 on protecting children from cyber predators, the Conservative government wanted to allow police, secret services and investigators from the Competition Bureau to obtain data without a warrant. users from Internet service providers. This desire had been strongly criticized.

Today, the Minister of Justice of Canada believes that his new bill responds to the Court's direction by adding notification measures to persons whose private communications have been intercepted:

Notification in 90 Days - Legislation would require that 90 days (subject to any extension granted by a judge) be prevented by a person whose private communications have been intercepted in the event of imminent harm.
Annual Reports - Legislation would require the production of annual reports on emergency tapping in case of imminent harm.
Restriction of Use - These amendments would limit the police's authority to invoke this provision (currently all peace officers have access to it) and restrict its use to the listed offenses in section 183 of the Criminal Code.


http://fr-ca.actualites.yahoo.com/ottaw ... 22521.html

We'll have to see what other countries will do!
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