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Court Says Canada Spy Agency Illegally Kept Data
Source: Associated Press
Court Says Canada Spy Agency Illegally Kept Data
By ROB GILLIES, ASSOCIATED PRESS TORONTO — Nov 3, 2016, 8:00 PM ET
A Canadian court ruled Thursday that Canada's spy agency illegally kept phone numbers and email addresses of people they were not directly investigating over a 10-year period and wasn't forthright with judges who authorized the intelligence gathering.
Federal Court Justice Simon Noel said the Canadian Security Intelligence Service should not have kept the information since it was not directly related to threats to Canada's security. The data involves the phone numbers, email address or IP addresses of family members or friends of those the spy agency investigates. The spy agency called it "associated data."
CSIS said it used metadata — information associated with a communication, such as a telephone number or email address — but not the message itself. It said the program has been in place since 2006.
Spy Service director Michel Coulombe said they have halted logging, storing, and analyzing the data in question and said he "deeply" regretted the judge's findings about breach of "duty of candor." Coulombe stressed all data collection was done under warrant. He noted the issue is the retention of non-threat related data.
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By ROB GILLIES, ASSOCIATED PRESS TORONTO — Nov 3, 2016, 8:00 PM ET
A Canadian court ruled Thursday that Canada's spy agency illegally kept phone numbers and email addresses of people they were not directly investigating over a 10-year period and wasn't forthright with judges who authorized the intelligence gathering.
Federal Court Justice Simon Noel said the Canadian Security Intelligence Service should not have kept the information since it was not directly related to threats to Canada's security. The data involves the phone numbers, email address or IP addresses of family members or friends of those the spy agency investigates. The spy agency called it "associated data."
CSIS said it used metadata — information associated with a communication, such as a telephone number or email address — but not the message itself. It said the program has been in place since 2006.
Spy Service director Michel Coulombe said they have halted logging, storing, and analyzing the data in question and said he "deeply" regretted the judge's findings about breach of "duty of candor." Coulombe stressed all data collection was done under warrant. He noted the issue is the retention of non-threat related data.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/court-canada-spy-agency-illegally-data-43289035