Report: Canadians More Accepting of Governments Sharing Information
Canadians are not alarmed by the potential privacy dangers raised by networked government databases of personal information, a new report concludes. The study comes as governments are planning to create huge agencies that want access to more personal information in order to provide Canadians with "one-stop shopping" for a variety of services. But privacy experts have long warned that the government must maintain firewalls that separate the data to avoid the creation of extensive files that could be abused.
New report plays down privacy fears, Globe and Mail, August 9, 2005.
