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The author of this blog, David T.S. Fraser, is a Canadian privacy lawyer who practices with the firm of McInnes Cooper. He is the author of the Physicians' Privacy Manual. He has a national and international practice advising corporations and individuals on matters related to Canadian privacy laws.

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Monday, June 18, 2007

Canadian no-fly list takes effect today

Canada's No-fly list takes to the skies today and the media is full of reporting on what are seen as the program's many shortcomings:

Critics raise alarms over Canada's no-fly list CBC Mon, 18 Jun 2007 4:19 AM PDT Canada's no-fly list comes into effect Monday as privacy advocates warn checking airline passengers' names against those of potential security threats could lead to abuses.
Critics raise alarms over Canada's no-fly list CBC via Yahoo! Canada News Mon, 18 Jun 2007 1:01 AM PDT Canada's no-fly list comes into effect Monday as transportation experts and privacy advocates warn that checking domestic airline passengers' names against a list of people deemed to be potential threats could lead to abuses.
'No-fly' list could blacklist innocents: critics
CTV.ca Sun, 17 Jun 2007 6:53 PM PDT
Canada's no-fly list takes effect on Monday, and the anti-terror move has at least one human rights group warning it could create another Maher Arar-like case.
Biometric data could be linked to names on list
Vancouver Province Mon, 18 Jun 2007 0:27 AM PDT
OTTAWA -- The federal government has not ruled out eventually linking Canada's new no-fly list with technology that identifies travellers by biological features such as eye patterns or even DNA, says Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon.

Labels: national security, no-fly list, privacy