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RCMP probe corruption allegations at Calgary city hall; warrants executed on former mayor, councillors
An RCMP-led corruption investigation is underway and search warrants were executed on a number of properties, including the homes of former mayor Jyoti Gondek, former councillor Sean Chu and sitting councillor Andre Chabot.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/rcmp-probe-corruption-allegations-at-calgary-city-hall-warrants-executed-on-former-mayor-councillors-9.7140099?cmp=rss

Areeb Soo Yasir Mar 18

We may not all like or agree with the #andrewtate and #tristantate but #HongKong #HK once again demonstrates its neutrality and even application of the law. The #tates are not wanted by #interpol and have no #extradition requests or #warrants. This principle of upholding the rule of law is now something "unusual" or "exceptional" in the time we live in and is what is driving #capital #business and #investment to #HK

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/hong-kong-andrew-tate-extradite-controversy-5997976

Hong Kong cannot extradite Tates without UK or Romania requests, lawmakers say

Online influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who both face rape and human‑trafficking charges in Romania and the United Kingdom, were reported to have entered Hong Kong over the weekend, sparking heated discussion online.

CNA

Techdirt Mar 17

The SAFE Act Is An Imperfect Vehicle For Real Section 702 Reform

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/17/the-safe-act-is-an-imperfect-vehicle-for-real-section-702-reform/

The SAFE Act Is An Imperfect Vehicle For Real Section 702 Reform

The SAFE act, introduced by Senators Mike Lee and Dick Durbin, is the first of many likely proposals we will see to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amend…

Techdirt

PrivacyDigest Mar 16

A Tale of Two Bills: Lawful Access Returns With Changes to #Warrantless Access But Dangerous #Backdoor #Surveillance Risks Remain - Michael Geist ( #Canada )
#warrants #privacy

https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/03/a-tale-of-two-bills-lawful-access-returns-with-changes-to-warrantless-access-but-dangerous-backdoor-surveillance-risks-remains/

A Tale of Two Bills: Lawful Access Returns With Changes to Warrantless Access But Dangerous Backdoor Surveillance Risks Remain - Michael Geist

The decades-long battle over lawful access entered a new phase yesterday with the introduction of Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act. This bill follows the attempt last spring to bury lawful access provisions in Bill C-2, a border measures bill that was the new government’s first piece of substantive legislation. The lawful access elements of the bill faced an immediate backlash given the inclusion of unprecedented rules permitting widespread warrantless access to personal information. Those rules were on very shaky constitutional ground and the government ultimately decided to hit the reset button on lawful access by proceeding with the border measures in a different bill. Lawful access never dies, however. Bill C-22 cover the two main aspects of lawful access: law enforcement access to personal information held by communication service providers such as ISPs and wireless providers and the development of surveillance and monitoring capabilities within Canadian networks. In fact, the bill is separated into two with the first half dealing with “timely access to data and information” and the second establishing the Supporting Authorized Access to Information Act (SAAIA).

Michael Geist

PrivacyDigest Mar 7

The Government Uses Targeted #Advertising to #Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do.

We've all had the unsettling experience of seeing an ad online that reveals just how much #advertisers know about our lives. You're right to be disturbed. Those very same online ad systems have been used by the government to warrantlessly track peoples' locations, new reporting has confirmed.
#warrants #privacy #surveillance

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/targeted-advertising-gives-your-location-government-just-ask-cbp

The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do.

The online advertising industry has built a massive surveillance machine, and the government can co-opt it to spy on us.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

PrivacyDigest Mar 4

EFF to #SupremeCourt : Shut Down #Unconstitutional #Geofence Searches

Digital #Dragnets Violate #FourthAmendment , Brief Argues

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union ( #ACLU ), the ACLU of #Virginia, and the Center on #Privacy & Technology at #GeorgetownLaw filed a brief Monday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that invasive geofence #warrants are unconstitutional.
#scotus #privacy

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-supreme-court-shut-down-unconstitutional-geofence-searches

EFF to Supreme Court: Shut Down Unconstitutional Geofence Searches

The brief argues that geofence warrants—which compel companies to provide information on every electronic device in a given area during a given time period—are the digital version of the exploratory rummaging that the drafters of the Fourth Amendment specifically intended to prevent.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Mar 3

70 US lawmakers demand probe into I#CE's data purchases
ICE illegally purchased #Americans' location data without first obtaining #warrants.
#DHS #inspectorgeneral also found serious privacy oversteps - including employees sharing accounts and passwords for phone-tracking databases, supervisors failing to request or review audit logs to detect patterns of abuse, and in one instance, a DHS employee abusing this #phone #location data to track coworkers.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/03/us_lawmakers_ice_data_purchases/

Lawmakers take pick to ICE's warrantless location tracking purchases

: After DHS’s $2.3M PenLink contract gets ‘shady’ label

The Register

PrivacyDigest Feb 27

Victory! #TenthCircuit Finds #FourthAmendment Doesn’t Support Broad #Search of Protesters’ Devices and Digital Data

In a big win for protesters’ #rights , the U.S. #CourtofAppeals for the Tenth Circuit overturned a lower court’s dismissal of a challenge to sweeping #warrants to search a protester’s devices and digital data and a nonprofit’s social media data.
#protester #privacy

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/victory-tenth-circuit-finds-fourth-amendment-doesnt-support-broad-search-0

Victory! Tenth Circuit Finds Fourth Amendment Doesn’t Support Broad Search of Protesters’ Devices and Digital Data

In a big win for protesters’ rights, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit overturned a lower court’s dismissal of a challenge to sweeping warrants to search a protester’s devices and digital data and a nonprofit’s social media data.The case, Armendariz v. City of Colorado Springs, arose...

Electronic Frontier Foundation