BC Information Summit: Where’s the Balance?
The pace of change in both the freedom of information and privacy spheres keeps picking up, and won’t be slowing any time soon. Information Summit 2014 features a roster of […]
Is the pipeline fix in?
 By David Burke / Squamish Chief Published April 2, 2014 The revelation hit the news on Tuesday (April 1), but it was no April Fool’s joke: Premier Christy Clark […]
Illegal Spying: BCCLA files class action lawsuit against Canada’s electronic spy agency
VANCOUVER – Today, lawyers for the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) filed a proposed national class action lawsuit on behalf of Canadians whose private communications and metadata information has […]
Politics of Surveillance Workshop: Advancing Democracy in a Surveillance Society
BCCLA policy director Micheal Vonn will be participating in two panels during the “Politics of Surveillance Workshop: Advancing Democracy in a Surveillance Society”. The workshop will take place at the […]
Spur Festival: “Who Owns Our Secrets? Privacy, Intellectual Property and Free Speech in the Digital Age”
The Orwellian idea that “If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself,” rings uncomfortably true in a world of NSA spying and CSEC […]
National Privacy & Data Governance Congress
Risky Business: Embracing Privacy & Data Governance in a Hostile World The National Privacy & Data Governance Congress of 2014 is an event bringing together professionals from industry and government […]
Fighting For the Free Internet
Tomorrow, the BC Civil Liberties Association and OpenMedia.ca will take part in a social media town hall on the subject of spying. As organizations concerned about privacy, and aware of the expansive […]
#SpyingTownHall: Let’s Talk CSEC
On Thursday, February 20th at 5pm PST/8pm EST, we will be hosting a social media town hall  featuring BCCLA Executive Director Josh Paterson, and Open Media.ca Executive Director Steve Anderson. […]
Pathways to Privacy Research Symposium
The BCCLA’s policy director, Michael Vonn, will be featuring as a panelist at the Pathways to Privacy Research Symposium, presented by the CCLA and other co-applicants. The symposium theme is […]
The Day The World Fought Back
In the last year, the world has learned that mass surveillance by governments knows no bounds. Today, February 11th, internet users around the world are standing together. Today, individuals, civil […]
