Where did the Stingray Inquiry go?
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- Published on Thursday, 21 July 2016 13:45
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Where did the Stingray Inquiry go?
“Stingrays” are controversial surveillance devices that mimic cell phone towers to trick nearby mobile devices into revealing information.
In 2015, PIVOT Legal Society filed Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to find out if the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) was using or planned to use Stingrays.
What followed brought more questions than answers.
Click here to read the full blog post on our website.
In this post, BCCLA Policy Director Micheal Vonn discusses the Stingray Inquiry launched by the BC Information and Privacy Commissioner, why it folded, and what's next.
At the BCCLA we believe that public interest organizations, the media, and courts should not be playing hide n’ seek with the police to get information about whether they are breaching our Charter rights.
That's why, in coalition with PIVOT Legal Society, BC FIPA, and Open Media, we are calling on the VPD to clarify whether it has access to Stingray devices.
To read our letter to the Vancouver Police Department, go to the blog post here:
https://bccla.org/2016/06/where-did-the-stingray-inquiry-go/
On Monday, July 25 Micheal will be speaking on this issue at the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law conference, in Halifax, N.S. Follow us onr0
