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 Message 709 
 August Abolins to Wilfred van Velzen 
 *Canada Secretly Tracked 33MN Phones sin 
 06 Jan 22 08:08:00 
 
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Hello Wilfred!

** On Wednesday 29.12.21 - 11:27, you wrote to me:

 AA>>>> *Canada Secretly Tracked 33MN Phones since Covid Outbreak*

 WvV>>> So is the director of the agency gona loose his/hers
 WvV>>> job? Heads should role! If they get away with it, it
 WvV>>> will be repeated...

 AA>> Not gonna happen.. 'cuz they justify it the action like
 AA>> this:

 AA>> "Due to the urgency of the pandemic, (PHAC) collected and
 AA>> used mobility data, such as cell-tower location data,
 AA>> throughout the COVID-19 response," a spokesperson told
 AA>> National Post.

 WvV> That shouldn't matter if it's illegal!

I suppose there are exceptions if they are just scraping the  
meta data - and no specific "personal" data?  Meanwhile, there  
has been no further hoopla over this incident.  PHAC carries  
on. Spy business as usual.
--
  ../|ug

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