As Verizon aims to enter the Canadian market, it’s important to look at the privacy implications of allowing a U.S. company into the country, writes Michael Geist in a blog post. That’s especially true following recent revelations about NSA surveillance practices in the U.S. “It is worth asking whether the Canadian carriers can provide assurances that Canadian phone and Internet activity is any less prone to surveillance,” Geist writes. And, he writes, Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart has stated that Canadian law contains many of the same provisions as the USA PATRIOT Act, which allowed for government spying.
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