There's been an 🇺🇸 American law, Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act from 2018. Canada is negotiating with the US over this law, and began negotiations in 2022. (The law allows for bilateral agreements.) Canada has had a citizen refused entry, awhile ago, as she'd had a mental health episode, which the government disclosed to the US. This is specific information you'd think would fall under PHIPPA, our privacy act.
- Canadian woman refused U.S. entry because of depression
- Canadians with mental illnesses denied U.S. entry
- Only five doctors in Canada can assess mental status for US It costs $500, done in Toronto. I take antidepressants, this is scary.
Some countries, states, and provinces have decided to limit the use of certain apps, which means you must prove you are an adult. How do they do this? Documentation to be uploaded? Thing is, the CLOUD Act gives the US access to your documents and information, across borders.
🇺🇸 US Travel: With the way the US is headed, border agents scanning Canadian cell phones for anti-US administration sentiments, this worries me. There are 150 Canadians disappeared by ICE. Now, they are taking our data.
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) latest data shows that between April and June, U.S. border officers searched 14,899 electronic devices, including 1,075 “advanced searches.” – read more here.
"Microsoft said that in the second half of 2022, of the nearly 5,000 demands for "consumer data" it received from U.S. law enforcement, 53 warrants sought content stored outside of the U.S. "
From Microsoft: How to access and control your personal data
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The Newsom trolling is such fun and I love it that Carney played along! This is serious stuff here, Jenn. Some I knew, some I didn't. Thanks for sharing it.
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One can't help but think of genie v bottle... YAM xx
Jenn, I do hope you are never considering a trip to the US.!!! Scary times that I did not think would ever happen in my lifetime, I fear for the younger generation, and sincerely hope your grandies all live to find safer days or years.And with all this happening, I am so thankful Josh is back here and has a secure job.
Interesting post! I would think travel to the USA is slowing down.
It is not a happy place to be right now.
Happy September, Enjoy your day and the week ahead.
It doesn't surprise me that officers are confiscating devices of those they detain. They do it to us here all the time. If you get arrested here they take your phone or whatever electronic devices you have and they get warrants to search them. My neighbor got arrested for child neglect years ago and they bagged up and took her laptop. When she came back she said they searched the laptop. There really is no privacy anymore.
You are keeping up. I am not really. But I don’t plan to go near the place.
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