Alicia Wanless

Raising awareness around online security, not only among government and law enforcement agencies, but among Internet users can be as important as catching Internet criminals. Toronto-analyst Alicia Wanless offers her perspective on cyber crime and how to empower users through education.

Public Safety Canada and Industry Canada have initiated a third round of consultations on lawful access, this time around the release of customers' personal information by telecommunications service providers to law enforcement. Wrapped inside the obvious privacy implications, a lack of disclosure around the use of lawful access has generated much concern.

Recently, Liberal MP Marlene Jennings reintroduced the Modernization of Investigative Techniques Act (MITA) as Bill C-416. The private member's bill is a peculiar choice for pushing forward the Liberal's tough-on-crime agenda considering the bill's unpopularity and shortcomings when first introduced in November 2005 and subsequently died on the order paper when the previous government fell.