Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAustralia said to grant US access to Australians’ biometric datawww.biometricupdate.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1317cross-posted to: world@quokk.au
arrow-up1317external-linkAustralia said to grant US access to Australians’ biometric datawww.biometricupdate.comBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: world@quokk.au
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 day agoUntil recently the Canadian government was pushing Bill C-2: Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. Surveillance (EFF) They have now tried to tone it down a bit in Bill C-12 but there are still serious concerns: Joint statement: Bill C-12’s introduction solves none of Bill C-2’s problems (Amnesty International) So Canada’s government talks tough, but in actual legislation they seem oddly eager to appease the USA at the expense of Canadians.
Any sources on that?
Until recently the Canadian government was pushing Bill C-2:
Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens the Floodgates to U.S. Surveillance (EFF)
They have now tried to tone it down a bit in Bill C-12 but there are still serious concerns:
Joint statement: Bill C-12’s introduction solves none of Bill C-2’s problems (Amnesty International)
So Canada’s government talks tough, but in actual legislation they seem oddly eager to appease the USA at the expense of Canadians.