Legal researchers Cynthia Khoo and Kate Robertson warn that a Canada-U.S. CLOUD agreement would extend the reach of U.S. law enforcement into Canada’s digital terrain to an unprecedented extent, and that if signed, this agreement would effectively allow U.S. police to demand personal data directly from any provider of an “electronic communication service” or “remote computing service” in Canada, so long as it had some ties to the U.S.

  • @wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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    177 days ago

    A Canada-U.S. CLOUD agreement would extend the reach of U.S. law enforcement into Canada’s digital terrain to an unprecedented extent. This agreement, if signed, would effectively allow U.S. police to demand personal data directly from any provider of an “electronic communication service” or “remote computing service” in Canada, so long as it had some ties to the U.S. (such as serving U.S. users). No judicial oversight whatsoever would be involved north of the border. The new system would expose personal data stored in Canada directly to U.S. police surveillance, bypassing Canadian court oversight, and in so doing, could violate our own constitutional privacy laws, among other alarming consequences.

    This needs to be on the front of every news and media company in Canada.

    It’s time to drop Google and Microsoft immediately.

    • badwetterOP
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      27 days ago

      @wise_pancake@lemmy.ca Self Hosting is a viable option.

        • badwetterOP
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          17 days ago

          @avidamoeba@lemmy.ca

          There’s no reason the government of Canada can’t do their hosting.

          @wise_pancake@lemmy.ca

          • @wise_pancake@lemmy.ca
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            47 days ago

            I agree.

            It’s cheaper to pay someone else to do that, but at this point we can’t accept US infrastructure in our government.

            • badwetterOP
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              47 days ago

              @wise_pancake@lemmy.ca

              Yup, that’s my point. Keep that stuff in Canadian hands.

              @avidamoeba@lemmy.ca