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Open letter from European civil society organisations on encryption and privacy threats in Canada’s Bill C-22

We, the undersigned organisations and experts, write to urge you to act before Canada’s Senate completes its consideration of Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, and to press Canada to remove the bill’s surveillance capability mandates and its blanket data retention regime.

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Access Now · Sep 14, 2026

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