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Earlier this year the Information and Privacy
Commissioner invited submissions on two questions
relating to possible implications of the USA Patriot Act
for outsourcing of public services by public bodies in
British Columbia.
We received more than 500 submissions from the
public, governments, businesses, labour groups and
privacy commissioners, all of which were considered by
the OIPC in examining USA Patriot Act
implications. It quickly became clear that the
issues far exceeded the scope of the two questions the
Information and Privacy Commissioner had asked.
On October 29, 2004, the Information and Privacy
Commissioner released the OIPC's resulting report,
which:
- Discusses the meaning and importance of privacy
and laws protecting privacy
- Examines the increasingly seamless world of
electronic information flows and the implications
for our privacy
- Assesses trends in state surveillance for national
security and law enforcement purposes and the
implications for privacy
- Looks at anti-terrorism laws in the United States
and Canada
- Analyses how privacy is constitutionally protected
under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- Assesses the potential for the use of the USA
Patriot Act in Canada
- States conclusions and makes sixteen comprehensive
recommendations to the British Columbia government
and government of Canada
Click here
if you would like a copy of the full report.
Click
here if you would like a copy of the report summary
only.
If you are having difficulty opening the full report,
try these instead:
Full Report:
Preface -
Chapter 3
Chapter
4 - Chapter 6
Chapter
7 - Chapter 9
Chapter
10 - Appendix
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