The Canadian federal government’s much-maligned ArriveCAN app is being investigated by a federal privacy commissioner due to a protest.
According to an email from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the office has “received and is currently investigating a complaint that raises concerns with respect to the collection of personal information through ArriveCAN and subsequent use of that information.”
In an exclusive interview for RAIR Foundation USA, Dr. O’Connor, a general practitioner for 30 years, who has most recently been specializing in mental health and addiction disorders for the past 13 years, explains why she is refusing to comply with the College and a court order to release confidential medical files.
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Like just about every Western nation, Canada undertakes significant surveillance on its citizens. And, with invasive anti-terrorism acts, convoluted privacy laws, and the fact most of Canada’s traffic is handled by both Canadian and US data centers, it’s quite understandable that residents and visitors alike feel the need to up their privacy game.
That’s only half the story, though. A quality Canada VPN should also be able to unblock streaming content from Netflix, BBC iPlayer and more from around the world, and will allow you to tune into CTV, TSN and Crave when you’re away from home. All you need to do is connect to the right server, and you’re anywhere you want to be.
I’m in the USA and have decided to try SurfShark – 26 months on unlimited devices for $60, then the price goes up but you’re not bound by a contract and there’s a 30 day money back guarantee. They also have addons like antivirus, private search, alerts if your information is leaked to the web, etc.
PS. – When you’re signing up with SurfShark, there’s an additional option to get another 12 months (so 38 total) for ~$26, huge savings.
Russia’s internet has been subject to censorship for years, though major U.S. platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Google have been freely available, unlike in China where they are completely blocked. These companies however have operated under the threat of being blocked, especially if they host content that is perceived to be critical of the Kremlin.
Russia = Canada, Kremlin = Liberals.
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The app quietly appeared in the Apple and Google app stores on Thursday. The Ford government previously said the app would be put into use on Oct. 22, but officials didn’t confirm when it would be available to download.
A new poll revealed that 80 percent of registered voters believe the influence of big tech companies that have ‘grown too powerful’ and use ‘our data to reach too far into our lives’.
Philosopher Edith Stein was once asked by a friend to explain why she converted from Judaism to Catholicism, a question to which she replied, secretum meum mihi—“my secret is mine.” Many other saints and spiritual writers, like St. Augustine and Thomas Merton, have mapped and shared their journeys toward God and conversion gladly, but Stein chose to remain true to her vocation as a philosopher, and explore her faith in that particular way. Out of her own free will, she kept this sacred act and all that was contained within her relationship with God close to her heart.
As I recalled this detail about Stein’s tragic life (she perished in Auschwitz on August 9, 1942), I couldn’t help but think about the human need to share or to conceal the events of life. In many ways, we have become members of a throwaway society in which we no longer value our own privacy and personal thoughts.
The Canadian military has been caught using PSYOP tactics it honed in Afghanistan on domestic soil. The dirty tricks, which included a scheme to spread panic about imaginary wolf attacks in Nova Scotia, should worry anyone concerned about civil liberties.
It all started in September 2020, when Amazon introduced biometric palm print scanners at its cashier-less stores across the US, including Amazon Go and Amazon Books. Dubbed Amazon One, the scanners presented itself as a payment verification system where customers could merely wave their palm prints and zip their way through the checkout booth.
— My Sh’Rona (@Nevergiv1ngup) July 28, 2021
Ever since the House of Commons adjourned for the summer recess, political reporters have been predicting the current Parliament will be dissolved for a fall election. If so, one of the casualties will be the much-needed overhaul of privacy legislation covering the private sector.
Groups allied with the Biden administration are planning on working directly with cellphone network providers to ‘fact check’ private SMS messages if they contain “misinformation about vaccines.”
“It’s not just going to be used for travel. People are talking about vaccine passports to get into concerts, to get into baseball games, football games, I mean all kinds of activities globally,” said Ann Cavoukian, executive director of the Global Privacy and Security by Design Centre.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed on Friday that the federal government is working with the provinces to develop a national vaccine passport for international travel that’s expected to be ready sometime this fall.
Trudeau said while that plan is being developed, his government is working on a system involving the ArriveCan app that will be ready in the “coming weeks.”
The program ‘includes analysts who assume fake identities online, use sophisticated intelligence tools, and employ facial recognition software.”
