Canadian MPs call for expanded privacy law
A Commons committee says the federal privacy law should be expanded to cover new technology such as live surveillance-camera feeds and DNA swabs collected from suspects.
Currently the Privacy Act covers only information collected by the government in recorded form, such as papers, tapes and computer files.
Read more from Canadian Press. You can also read the report: The Privacy Act: First Steps Towards Renewal.
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A Commons committee says the federal privacy law should be expanded to cover new technology such as live surveillance-camera feeds and DNA swabs collected from suspects.
Currently the Privacy Act covers only information collected by the government in recorded form, such as papers, tapes and computer files.
Read more from Canadian Press. You can also read the report: The Privacy Act: First Steps Towards Renewal.