Holy Moly..hope this plan gets squashed right away...
Canada News: Ottawa
Ontario’s privacy commissioner says she is appalled that Ottawa plans to start eavesdropping on travellers’ conversation at airports and border crossings.
Ann Cavoukian said while it is federal jurisdiction she is no less taken aback that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is installing high-definition cameras and microphones with eventual plans to record what people are saying as they pass through certain areas of international airports and land crossings.
She told the Toronto Star Monday it is one thing to videotape travellers but an entirely different thing to record conversations.
“I just find that appalling,” Cavoukian said, adding even her federal counterpart Jennifer Stoddart wasn’t aware of the audio aspect of the CBSA plans.
Canada News: Ottawa
Ontario’s privacy commissioner says she is appalled that Ottawa plans to start eavesdropping on travellers’ conversation at airports and border crossings.
Ann Cavoukian said while it is federal jurisdiction she is no less taken aback that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is installing high-definition cameras and microphones with eventual plans to record what people are saying as they pass through certain areas of international airports and land crossings.
She told the Toronto Star Monday it is one thing to videotape travellers but an entirely different thing to record conversations.
“I just find that appalling,” Cavoukian said, adding even her federal counterpart Jennifer Stoddart wasn’t aware of the audio aspect of the CBSA plans.