The British Columbia Privacy Commissioner has released a statementthat he will begin an inquiry into the impact of the US Patriot Act on the privacy of British Columbians. Specifically, he is concerned that US federal authorities will have access to personal information of British Columbians if a US company is used as the outsourced service provider for various public services.
Here are links to articles from Google News:
Pending inquiry, government should halt its plan to give private ...
BCGEU, Canada - 11 hours ago
The provincial government should immediately halt plans that would put private information on every British Columbians into the hands of US firms, pending a ...
BC privacy watchdog seeks US government, FBI input in Patriot Act ...
Canada East, Canada - 14 hours ago
VICTORIA (CP) - The FBI and US Attorney General John Ashcroft are being asked to contribute to a British Columbia study of the US Patriot Act. ...
Patriot Act probe begins
CBC British Columbia, Canada - 14 hours ago
VICTORIA - BC's Privacy Commissioner has launched a review of the impact of the US Patriot Act on government plans to contract out the Medical Services Plan to ...
CTV, Canada - 12 hours ago
VICTORIA — The FBI and US Attorney General John Ashcroft are being asked to contribute to a British Columbia study of the US Patriot Act. ...
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