Canada's foreign signals intelligence agency has been falling short when it comes to containing the damage done by privacy breaches, says a new report from the intelligence sector watchdog. The findings are found in a redacted report from the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) looking into reported breaches of Canadians' privacy by the Communications Security Establishment (CSE). "Moreover, incidents were not always assessed with a view to determining the impact on lawfulness and/or the privacy of Canadians." "Cancelling a SIGINT product, in NSIRA's opinion, is insufficient to mitigate the potential harm arising from inadvertently including Canadian information within a report," said the report. "CSE's robust and layered approach to privacy protection contributes to an operational environment resulting in a relatively small number of inadvertent privacy incidents," said Koronewski.

Source: CBC News March 05, 2021 22:07 UTC