tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273930.post5666985598861051147..comments2024-03-08T07:29:54.585-04:00Comments on Canadian Privacy Law Blog: Atlantic Canadian police want local ISPs to loosen up to nab suspected online predatorsprivacylawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03943567746055311435noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273930.post-81874656648836045382008-01-31T09:38:00.000-04:002008-01-31T09:38:00.000-04:00What a frustrating article.Getting a warrant takes...What a frustrating article.<BR/><BR/>Getting a warrant takes a week, on average? According to whom? That just seems off to me, I've always been told it's a day at most.<BR/><BR/>The federal government has approved this process? Really? Wow, I don't recall that from Stockwell Day's statement: "We have not and we will not be proposing legislation to grant police the power to get information from Internet companies without a warrant."<BR/><BR/>Or the Privacy Commissioner's: "The assumption behind the consultation paper is that [customer name and address] information carries a low expectation of privacy and as such does not require judicial authorization. We disagree."<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm sure the journalist can prove show that government approval in a document that makes everything crystal clear--otherwise, they wouldn't report it, right?<BR/><BR/>And it would be interesting to see how this matches up with the view of the Nova Scotia public prosecutor who was quoted yesterday in the Chronicle-Herald: "In Nova Scotia, local Internet service providers "have been bending over backwards," to help investigate child pornography cases, said Crown attorney Craig Botterill, who estimated he has handled more than 500 child pornography prosecutions."<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm sure this journalist knows more about the issue than the lawyers do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com