Emails and Facebook

[Aeizalt]

I was told by someone that the government can access your emails, is that true? And to what extent? We dont really want the government rummaging around in our personal life.

 

[Gary_87]

Nobody can access your personal emails or facebook and if they could they'd be in more trouble than we would if say we sent in a fraudulent application!

Don't worry.

 

[AnaMaria]

It is possible in the US, I think, because of the Patriot Act. But It is not done randomly. If you are not involved in criminal acts, you would not have to worry about it. However if your FB setting is public, they can. One member's husband here was deported because the immigration monitored his activities on FB and found that he was illegally working.

 

[Aeizalt]

Thank you!

 

[msingh2013]

Anything electronic can be accessed by the government if they want but do you seriously think they have the time to do that for every applicant??

 

[skas13]

I have never heard of this, but the thought scares me a little. Nothing is really private is it?

 

[msingh2013]

Nothing electronic is private. The government actually keeps records of each person's electronic activity.

 

[gsize]

its not difficult to hack into e-mail accounts. It happens all the time. (I know because it happened to me) It would not be surprised if govts do it.

 

[CanadaNow]

Anything electronic can be accessed by the government if they want but do you seriously think they have the time to do that for every applicant??
Nothing electronic is private. The government actually keeps records of each person's electronic activity.

msingh is correct in that the gov't really doesn't have time to do so for every applicant. For specific applicants they can access information with a warrant but that would still need just cause and a Judge's signature. There is currently a bill (C-30 I think) before legislators trying to get police the authority to place phone taps without warrant but this has not been passed and does not include electronic information (ie: email).

The exception to needing a warrant was demonstrated by AnaMaria in that if you leave your privacy/security settings public then the info is public. also consider the other person involved in your email or your "friends" on Facebook may not be so private with your private information. another exception to consider is even if you are in Canada, if we are talking about a company like Facebook, the servers are physically located in the USA and therefore American privacy laws apply to the server and the information on the server. Other country's privacy laws may be more or less restrictive/protective.

one of the best "voices" of information on Canadian Technology Law is, Law Professor and Blogger, Michael Geist: http://www.michaelgeist.ca/

 

[Camelboy]

I was thinking of providing my facebook and email login details along with application so the VO can double check it if he/she wants.

Sure during the background check and security screening, which can take upto a year, the Canadian intelligence, intelligence of other countries are involved and they may have special tools and softwares to search for matches of names, photos OR fingerprints in different crime databases or even facebook or emails u never know, so the process is mainly automated , no one can do this manually with hundreds of thousand applicants every year.

 

[CanadaNow]

I was thinking of providing my facebook and email login details along with application so the VO can double check it if he/she wants.
Sure during the background check and security screening, which can take upto a year, the Canadian intelligence, intelligence of other countries are involved and they may have special tools and softwares to search for matches of names, photos OR fingerprints in different crime databases or even facebook or emails u never know, so the process is mainly automated , no one can do this manually with hundreds of thousand applicants every year.

sorry, what were you mentioning about Canadian intelligence (CSIS): http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/former-csis-watchdog-now-a-wanted-man-in-quebec-1.1173981

 

[Camelboy]

sorry, what were you mentioning about Canadian intelligence (CSIS): http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/former-csis-watchdog-now-a-wanted-man-in-quebec-1.1173981

CanadaNow, i don't understand what this article has to do with my previous comment. ???

 

[CanadaNow]

CanadaNow, i don't understand what this article has to do with my previous comment. ???

Just being a smart a%% about them (not you) having enough time to look into everybody when it seems they need more time to look into themselves.

 

[zardoz]

Do NOT provide login details to Facebook. The Facebook Statement of Rights and Responsibilities specifically forbids doing so: “You will not share your password, (or in the case of developers, your secret key), let anyone else access your account, or do anything else that might jeopardize the security of your account.”

https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms

What you do with your email is up to you, but in my opinion, it would be incredibly stupid.

Z.

 

[Camelboy]

What you do with your email is up to you, but in my opinion, it would be incredibly stupid.

Z.

I can understand this is stupid but we are going through a difficult 29 months office (the slowest office worldwide, Nairobi). London is 9 months