Press Releases

List of our press releases, in reverse chronological order.

Senate recommends political parties be subject to privacy law, and that controversial exemption be dropped from budget bill

June 2nd, 2023
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee emphasized electoral law amendments should be introduced in a separate bill to allow for thorough study.
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Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 1:23 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0

Thousands protest government plan to exclude federal political parties from Canadian privacy laws

May 2nd, 2023
Sneaking permanent exemption into sprawling budget bill is “wholly inadequate and cynical”
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Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 1:23 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0

Matthew Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 1:23 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1

Civil Society groups highlight concerns with ‘deeply problematic’ Cybersecurity Bill C-26 ahead of Commons debate

September 28th, 2022
Serious concerns around privacy, accountability, judicial due process, and digital rights set out in open letter to Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino.
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Bryan Short

Digital Rights Campaigner CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 1:23 am 1-888-441-2640 ext. 705

New privacy legislation repeats past mistakes

June 16th, 2022
Bill C-27 leaves the privacy of people in Canada at risk
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Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 1:23 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0

Canada must take on the data economy

June 1st, 2022
The wild west for third-party data brokers must come to an end.
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Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 1:23 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0

The State of Privacy in Canada: No Transparency, No Accountability

January 12th, 2022
Non-consensual sharing of location data between Telus and Canadian government shows desperate need for privacy law reform
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Matt Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 1:23 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0

24,000+ call on Congress to #StopFacebook from fueling far-right extremism by passing a federal data privacy law

January 4th, 2022
Facebook’s algorithmic manipulation is fuelling the extremism that led to the January 6 attack. Data privacy is fundamental to disarming Facebook’s data weapon.
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Matthew Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 1:23 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1

Throne speech doubles down on botched approach to tackling Big Tech

November 23rd, 2021
Government signals it will neglect its duty to address core Internet affordability and privacy reform issues.
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Matthew Hatfield

Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 1:23 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1
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