Canada: Bill would let police monitor your e-mail
Thanks to a post over on Slashdot which brought our attention to this issue.
A CamWest News Service article by Tim Naumetz, via The Windsor Star, reports that:
The federal cabinet will review new legislation this fall that would give police and security agencies vast powers to begin surveillance of the Internet without court authority.
The new measures would allow law-enforcement agents to intercept personal e-mails, text messages and possibly even password-secure websites used for purchasing and financial transactions.
University of Ottawa professor Michael Geist, a law and privacy expert involved in consultations over the bill, said a draft version of the legislation circulated earlier this year did not require court authority for police to intercept communications or demand information from Internet servers.
"I think it's the kind of legislation that is literally going to shock millions of Canadians," said Geist.
posted by Fergie @ 8/20/2005 07:57:00 AM
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