Press Releases
List of our press releases, in reverse chronological order.
Local tech leaders launch #StepUp4Net fundraising campaign for digital rights organization OpenMedia
Fundraising drive challenges tech community to step up and defend the free and open Internet with matching donations up to $50,000
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Supreme Court ruling permitting warrantless cell phone searches underlines need for much stronger legal privacy safeguards, says OpenMedia.ca
READ PRESS RELEASEOpenMedia takes detailed input from 30,000 Canadians to crucial CRTC hearing that will decide future of Internet access in Canada
READ PRESS RELEASEMassive government privacy breach of famous Canadians shows urgent need for far stronger protections to safeguard Canadians’ data
High-profile figures including Margaret Atwood and Jean Chretien among the victims of latest in a long string of government privacy breaches affecting over 725,000 of us
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Government’s Facebook mass spying plan will further erode privacy of law-abiding Canadians
READ PRESS RELEASEFirst decision to come out of CRTC’s Let’s Talk TV consultation is a win for Canadians
READ PRESS RELEASEBig Telecom customer mistreatment is still running rampant, as official report confirms 11,340 complaints in just 12 months
CCTS Annual Report reveals sharp 74% rise in complaints about misleading wireless contracts. Bell and its subsidiaries accounted for over 40% of all telecom complaints.
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MPs should listen to Canadians and support Liberal bill to make spy agency CSEC more transparent and accountable to citizens
Privacy advocates hail Joyce Murray’s Private Members Bill as a step forward to boost transparency, oversight, and accountability for secretive spy agency CSEC
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As the Government announces new CSIS spy powers, Canadians have begun working together to set out their own pro-privacy plan for 21st century technology
READ PRESS RELEASEOpenMedia.ca builds definitive case for opening Canada’s wireless networks to lower prices for all Canadians
Following official confirmation from the Competition Bureau that the Big Three are artificially keeping prices high, OpenMedia and CIPPIC's joint submission to the CRTC sets out common sense steps for fixing Canada’s broken wireless market
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