Internet surveillance laws in Canada and around the world

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In June 2009, Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan announced the latest bills intended to modernize the Criminal Code.

"We must ensure that law enforcement has the necessary tools to catch up to the bad guys and ultimately bring them to justice. Twenty-first century technology calls for 21st-century tools," Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said when the bills were announced.

In a reversal from Day's position in 2007, one of the new bills would require internet service providers and cellphone companies to provide police with "timely access" to personal information about subscribers — including names, address and internet addresses — without the need for a warrant.

The government news release announcing these bills said, "Other countries, such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Germany and Sweden, already have similar legislation in place." Here's the legal situation in those countries.

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