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Anandasangaree rejects shortening metadata retention period in Canada's lawful access bill


OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree has rejected a call to shorten the time electronic service providers would be required to keep digital metadata under a bill intended to help police and spies. The proposed legislation would allow for regulations requiring service providers to retain metadata — digital traces of a communication, but not […]

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