Tag Archives: EDL
Now Showing: EDL Security Theatre
Be your own privacy advocate, boybott the EDL, and buy yourself a passport if you want to cross a Canadian-American land border. Continue reading
Update: EDLs Live in BC
British Columbians can now apply for Enhanced Drivers Licenses (EDLs) for land and sea entry into the US. Enhanced Identity Documents (EIDs) will be made available for individuals who cannot, or do not wish to, carry a drivers license. Continue reading
Update: More on Quebec EDLs
* Says he: “If there are five people, five kids and two parents, if they had to all pay for a passport it would be an expensive requirements for them to come here” ( Source ) Not withstanding Charest’s poor math (I count seven people in his ‘equation’), the costs that he is referencing are for the people coming to Quebec, not the costs of Quebecer’s traveling to the US. … We believe we need to do what has to be done to protect the privacy of individuals” ( Source ) In light of this, one has to ask: if the Quebec premier recognizes privacy as such a serious issue, then why isn’t the Quebec information commissioner’s privacy assessment available to the public? … March 24, 2009 from 9:00 to 12:00 Ottawa Library Auditorium, 120 Metcalfe Street The aim of this public forum is to increase the awareness of policy makers, Parliamentarians, the media, and the public regarding the concerns associated with the introduction of a new Enhanced Driver’s Licence in most Canadian provinces. Continue reading
Update: EDLs in Saskatchewan and Quebec
It seems as though the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is supporting this hesitancy, with the assistant privacy commissioner; . . . is applauding the province’s decision to back away from the enhanced licences until legislation addresses concerns about how personal information is used and how vulnerable it is to hackers. … ( Source ) It will be interesting to see whether or not Saskatchewan reintroduces EDL legislation after Ontario’s information and privacy commissioner manages to implement an ‘on/off’ switch that she has been talking about with Jesse Brown for the past few weeks . My suspicion is that they will, but that they will let Ontario do the heavy lifting in this area (I expect that Ontario’s influence with DHS will be more substantial than Saskatchewan, but maybe that isn’t/won’t be the case). Continue reading
