Law, privacy, and surveillance in Canada in the post-Snowden era / edited by Michael Geist.

Years of surveillance-related leaks from US whistleblower Edward Snowden have fuelled an international debate over privacy, spying, and Internet surveillance. Much of the focus has centered on the role of the US National Security Agency, yet there is an important Canadian side to the story. The Comm...

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Other Authors: Geist, Michael A. (Michael Allen), 1968- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, 2015.
Series:Law, technology, and media.
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Table of Contents:
  • Canadian internet "boomerang" traffic and mass NSA surveillance : responding to privacy and network sovereignty challenges / Andrew Clement, Jonathan A. Obar
  • Forgotten surveillance : covert human intelligence sources in Canada in a post-9/11 world / Steve Hewitt
  • Foreign intelligence in an inter-networked world : time for a re-evaluation / Tamir Israel
  • Lawful illegality : what Snowden has taught us about the legal infrastructure of the surveillance state / Lisa M. Austin
  • Law, logarithms, and liberties : legal issues arising from CSE's metadata collection initiatives / Craig Forcese
  • Permanent accountability gaps and partial remedies / Kent Roach
  • The failure of official accountability and the rise of guerrilla accountability / Reg Whitaker
  • Why watching the watchers isn't enough : Canadian surveillance law in the post-Snowden era / Michael Geist
  • "Stuck on the agenda" : drawing lessons from the stagnation of "lawful access" legislation in Canada / Christopher Parsons.