Press Releases
List of our press releases, in reverse chronological order.
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: 8:39 pm 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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Matthew Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 8:39 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1 [email protected]Throne speech doubles down on botched approach to tackling Big Tech
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: 8:39 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1 [email protected]OpenMedia calls for government to introduce improved privacy law reform on one year anniversary of failed bill
Canada is even further from increased privacy protections today than when C-11 was introduced a year ago.
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Matt Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Montreal Time Zone: 8:39 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 0 [email protected]PRESS EVENT: Bruce Schneier, Fight for the Future, EFF, and OpenMedia deliver more than 59K petition signatures opposing Apple’s spyware plan
Apple’s move has been roundly condemned by security experts, developers, and civil rights groups.
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Matthew Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 8:39 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1 [email protected]‘Lie, Lie, Deny’: Oversight won’t change the culture at the RCMP
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada finds the RCMP’s use of facial recognition technology broke the law, but the RCMP is refusing to change its culture of deceit and denial
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Bryan Short
Digital Rights Campaigner CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 8:39 pm 1-888-441-2640 ext. 705 [email protected]Privacy Commissioners find police use of Clearview AI violated privacy rights of Canadians
Clearview AI’s indiscriminate facial recognition technology an “affront” to Canadians’ privacy rights, says joint investigation report
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Advocates welcome major overhaul to Canada’s privacy law
Bill C-11 provides much-needed protections for individuals’ data privacy
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Poll: Just 29% of people in Canada very likely to download a contact tracing app
Concern over privacy protections is top public concern
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Matthew Hatfield
Executive Director CANADA, Vancouver Time Zone: 8:39 pm 1 (888) 441-2640 ext. 1 [email protected]COVID Shield could be a positive first step for privacy
But there is much more to do to substantively address COVID-19 and privacy
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