Press Releases
List of our press releases, in reverse chronological order.
Civil liberties groups recommend fixes for controversial cybersecurity legislation ahead of detailed Commons scrutiny
The House of Commons Public Safety Committee is tasked with scrutinizing Bill C-26, which has been criticized for undermining privacy, judicial due process, and accountability.
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Matt Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 8:23 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]Senate recommends political parties be subject to privacy law, and that controversial exemption be dropped from budget bill
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: 8:23 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]Thousands protest government plan to exclude federal political parties from Canadian privacy laws
Sneaking permanent exemption into sprawling budget bill is “wholly inadequate and cynical”
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Matt Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 8:23 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]13 civil society groups share core guiding principles for Canada’s upcoming online safety proposal
Best practices and red lines outlined to protect rights of Canadians
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Matthew Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 8:23 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1 [email protected]Civil Society groups highlight concerns with ‘deeply problematic’ Cybersecurity Bill C-26 ahead of Commons debate
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: 8:23 am 1-888-441-2640 ext. 705 [email protected]New privacy legislation repeats past mistakes
Bill C-27 leaves the privacy of people in Canada at risk
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Matt Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 8:23 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]Canada must take on the data economy
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: 8:23 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]Canada’s 2022 budget promises competition reform, commits to problematic news legislation
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Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 8:23 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]The State of Privacy in Canada: No Transparency, No Accountability
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: 8:23 am 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]24,000+ call on Congress to #StopFacebook from fueling far-right extremism by passing a federal data privacy law
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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