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The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group’s partly bilingual News Digest is a carefully selected collection of news articles regarding national security, anti-terrorism, civil liberties, criminalization of dissent, immigration and refugee rights, border control issues, surveillance and privacy, press freedom, rendition to torture, war drones, terror and no-fly lists, Guantanamo prison, and much more!

We publish the News Digest every other week.

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… we have a small favour to ask. Here at ICLMG, we are working very hard to protect and promote human rights and civil liberties in the context of the so-called “war on terror” in Canada. We do not receive any financial support from any federal, provincial or municipal governments or political parties. Any donations will go a long way to support our work.

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Surveillance Self-Defense: Tips, Tools and How-tos for Safer Online Communications

logoA project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation – Modern technology has given the powerful new abilities to eavesdrop and collect data on innocent people. Surveillance Self-Defense is EFF’s guide to defending yourself and your friends from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices. Select an article from our index to learn about a tool or issue, or check out one of our playlists to take a guided tour through a new set of skills.

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Access My Info tool

OpenMedia_200x124It was recently revealed that in 2011 over 780,000 Canadians’ personal information was disclosed by telecom providers to the government. You may have been among them.

This tool helps you learn about the information that your telecom provider collected about you and what it could potentially disclose to third parties. Under Canadian privacy law, your telecom provider is LEGALLY OBLIGED to respond to requests sent using this tool.

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