Plan to force Internet providers to give personal info
Posted Jun 22, 2011 12:42:41 PM.
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Some are calling it “lawful” access while critics call it warrantless, invasive, costly, and poorly thought-out. There’s now a plan to force phone and Internet providers to surrender our personal information to “authorities” without a warrant.
Steve Anderson, founder of OpenMedia.ca, says this portion of a larger crime bill will also be costly. “It’s another thing to have to pay for your privacy to be violated.”
“This will cost Internet service providers and others millions of dollars in online surveillance technology,” he adds. “That cost will be somehow passed on to us either as taxpayers or consumers.”
Right now, police can get access to online information, but they need a warrant.
If this goes through “Let’s say your neighbour thinks there is something suspicious going on in your house,” Anderson suggests. “[If this goes through,] they don’t need to go through a process to verify that… the police can just go ahead and get your information.”
Click here to find the petition opposing Internet surveillance.
