[AicapAifap] Border Controls

[Alliance of Incarcerated Canadians/Foreigners in American Prisons]

	Aicap,
	The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) can demand that a phone or
laptop be unlocked for virtually any reason, and agents can then root
through our photos, emails, and call history.
	1 The Public Safety Minister even refused to write rules spelling out
how and when agents can invade our privacy with these warrantless
digital strip searches.

	2 We’ve launched a campaign to pressure Parliament to stop these
searches

	3 For way too long, the CBSA has been searching the contents of
travelers' phones and laptops at will, without needing a court order
or even any kind of reasonable suspicion. And if a traveler refuses to
unlock a device, they could face fines, their device being seized, or
even arrest.

	4 This gross invasion of privacy is so outrageous that the BC Civil
Liberties Association has published a guide on protecting sensitive
information while traveling, saying that the CBSA's rights to search
our devices right now are 'wide open.'

	5 Last year, MPs called on Minister of Public Safety and Emergency
Preparedness Ralph Goodale to publish an outline detailing the
conditions under which a border agent may demand a device be searched,
but Goodale refused to comply. Parliament hasn't acted since—and we
need laws in place to govern how these searches happen.
	OpenMedia is working on posting billboards at the border with
information about how to lodge a complaint with the Office of the
Privacy Commissioner (OPC). We're also pressuring Parliament to act to
update old privacy laws for the digital age.
Yours in the fight for our privacy rights,
	Victoria, and the whole team at OpenMedia
	Footnotes:
[1] Can Canadian border agents search your phone or laptop? A new
guide explains: CTV News 
[2] Feds reject call for explicit instructions on border searches of
smartphones, computers: Global News 
[3] Protect our digital privacy at the border: OpenMedia
_[4] Can Canadian border agents search your phone or laptop? A new
guide explains: __CTV News_
[5] Border guards have 'wide open' rights to search your smartphone,
B.C. civil liberties group warns: CBC
	We work to safeguard the possibilities of the open Internet, and
toward informed and participatory digital policy.
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