Government agencies ask telecom user data at ‘jaw-dropping’ rates

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Government agencies are asking telecoms and social media companies to turn over Canadians’ user data at “jaw-dropping” rates, with nearly 1.2 million requests in 2011 alone.

Which government and law enforcement agencies are requesting the data from the companies remains shrouded in secrecy. And the companies themselves are refusing to disclose further details, according to Canada’s privacy watchdog.

But privacy experts say the sheer number of requests, revealed Tuesday for the first time, is “staggering” in scale.

“I would have been surprised at 100,000,” said David Fraser, a privacy lawyer with McInnes Cooper. “The numbers that we had before today were incredibly vague; the numbers that we have now are unsettling.”

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/04/29/telecoms_refuse_say_how_often_they_hand_over_customers_data.html

Holy Shit!

[blkmusclmachine]

1. Did Canada have it's own 9/11, or is Harper piggybacking off ours as a lame excuse to do whatever he

wants, carte blanche ???

[thecytron]

2. Spammers, Ad Pushers and Spoofers can still run, but can't hide anymore.

Spammers, Ad Pushers and Spoofers beware! Thanks to you, "Big Brother" will be watching you, me and everybody else on the Internet.

I guess, you could say "desperate time" requires "desperate measures"!



If this is what it takes to stop your illegal practices(E-Mail Spamming, Ad Pushing and Communication Spoofing), I am all for it.

[arikara]

3. Do you seriously think this is to get spammers?

Really? The only ones the harper government is after are ones who disagree with his slimey policies. He wants names of people who disagree with pipelines and tankers. He could care less about spammers.

[laundry_queen]

4. I'm not.

Yours is an incredibly naïve POV.

[thecytron]

5. Put the blame squarely on those who abuse the Internet!

An even more naïve POV would be to expect any form of privacy on the Internet.

If you are concerned about the Canadian Government, or anybody else, collecting your personal data, just stay away from Facebook, or AOL, to name of few.