Re: [privacy] CIA May Have Illegally Accessed Canadian Bank Records

[Dave Dittrich <dittrich () u washington edu>]

Fergie wrote:
> Via The Toronto Star.
>
> [snip]
>
> Canada's privacy commissioner is investigating whether U.S. officials
> and the CIA were improperly given access to the banking records of
> Canadians.
>
> "This is something we're looking into," Anne-Marie Hayden, spokeswoman
> for the privacy commissioner's office, said yesterday.
>
> While declining to comment further on the American program
> specifically, Hayden said that, in general, "anytime personal
> information of Canadians is obtained by a foreign government in
> circumstances that may not provide the same privacy protections that
> exist in Canada, we have concerns."

Hey Rob?  You still want us to not vote?  ;)

(Sorry. Couldn't help myself.)

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