Canadians' mental-health info routinely shared with FBI, U.S. customs

[The Straight Story]

Ontario’s privacy commissioner has discovered that the mental-health information of some Canadians is accessible to the FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.

Ann Cavoukian said Monday that some Ontario police services routinely uploaded attempted suicide calls to the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC), to which U.S. border guards and the FBI have access.

Cavoukian began investigating how U.S. law enforcement had access to such personal information after last fall's news that some Canadian travellers with a history of mental-health issues had been denied entry into the U.S.

Ellen Richardson was turned away at Toronto's Pearson airport by U.S. customs agents because she was hospitalized in June 2012 for clinical depression.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/canadians-mental-health-info-routinely-shared-with-fbi-u-s-customs-1.2609159

[DisgustipatedinCA]

1. Great news! How do I get a copy? There are two Canadians whose mental health I want to check out.

They both support the spy regime in the US, so I know they won't have a problem with me accessing the files. This, of course, goes right back to the source of my concern about their mental health. It's kind of circular like that.

I refer, of course, to Bryan Adams and Celine Dion.

[KamaAina]

2. What about Bieber?

[DisgustipatedinCA]

3. He's not included in the DSM IV. I think they're working on a whole new section for him.

Researchers have found his condition to be similar to Affluenza, but exacerbated by a rare malady called Lamborghinidouchebagism. In the end, we may only be able to keep him sedated, but we can hope for a cure.

[msanthrope]

4. Well...yes. 911 calls are not private. nt