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Handbook explaining your electronic privacy rights at the Canadian border from the BCCLA

Greg from the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association sez, “The BCCLA is releasing its ‘Electronic Devices Privacy Handbook‘ (PDF) on Monday. It’s a know-your-rights guide and a how-to manual designed to help you keep your data and devices secure when you cross the border into Canada. If you’re in Vancouver, BC, handbook author Greg McMullen is giving a talk to officially launch the handbook on Monday, March 5 at 12:30 at UBC Law.” This is a very interesting document — did you know that you don’t have to unlock/decrypt your password for Canadian border officials without a court order (though they’ll happily ghost your hard disk and try to brute force it, and Greg adds, “you might also get arrested (or refused entry, if not Canadian) for failing to provide your password if they are feeling especially mean”)?

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