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State surveillance under microscope

Canada's interim privacy commissioner Chantal Bernier has called for a revamp of federal privacy laws that would require telecom firms to tell Canadians how many requests for data on private citizens they handle from federal enforcement bodies.

Her request to a Senate committee followed revelations that  nine telecommunication companies field 1.2 million requests for private customer information every year and raises the issue of how extensively federal agencies are monitoring Canadian citizens.

The revelations come on the heels of Edward Snowden’s documents showing that the phone calls of American citizens were under widespread surveillance by the CIA and National Security Agency.

The U.S. whistleblower also revealed a vast network of Canadian spying on behalf of the NSA.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/state-surveillance-under-microscope-1.2630007

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