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Canada’s Privacy Commissioner’s Office Is Furious, and he’s Deleting their Facebook Page
A blistering report issued by Canada’s and British Columbia’s Privacy Commissioners accuses Facebook of violating Canadian law following their joint investigation into the Cambridge Analytica scandal—and then refusing to comply with the Commissioner’s recommendations to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Federal Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien states in a press release that Facebook’s “privacy framework […]
CCLA at the Supreme Court: Privacy Lost
Brenda McPhail Director of Privacy, Technology & Surveillance Project bmcphail@ccla.org It’s a loss for privacy in a disappointing Supreme Court decision released April 18 in R v Mills. The Court issued four different reasons in this decision, a reflection of the complicated issues at stake in a case that combines a […]
Canada Responds to CCLA’s Demand for Waterfront Toronto Quayside Project Reset
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What We Do
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Engagement
Whether at major events, in the media, or through public advocacy campaigns, we engage with citizens to support democratic action and dialogue.
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Education
Through our foundation, the Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust, we bring important issues into Canadian classrooms and communities.
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Monitoring
As a watchdog for civil liberties, we use our network to monitor and report on current issues—both locally and at the international level.
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Research
We partner with law firms and the academic community to enable and inform our advocacy work through essential research.
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LITIGATION
Since the 1960s we’ve defended civil liberties through high-impact legal action and intervention, including at the Supreme Court of Canada.