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How far should police dig in the digital age?
At some point last Thursday, 7,500
cellphones were set to receive a text
message from the Ontario Provincial
Police, simply because the owners
happened to be near an Ottawa -area
intersection nearly a year ago, where
Frederick (John) Hatch was last seen.
These text messages raise a ques-
tion: How far, in the digital age, should
police be allowed to go to solve a
crime?
Hatch was last seen in a dollar store;
then his torched body turned up hun-
dreds of kilometres away. Police are
stumped. So theyrequested cellphone
numbers of everyone who was in the
Nepean neighbourhood. It's a massive
dragnet, gathering up numbers in
order to find witnesses.
— Letters to the editor
It's not uncommon for police to
request data from cellphone compa-
nies, says Teresa Scassa, Canada
Research Chair in Information Law
at the University of Ottawa. For
instance, Rogers disclosed informa-
tion, due to court order or a warrant,
more than 70,000 times last year.
What's odd here is that the police are
using the information to contact wit-
nesses, not track down potential
criminals (who, by the way, could try
to object to police practices in
court), and that there are no real
safeguards in place to ensure per-
sonal privacy. "What's the forum for
(people) to raise issues, to raise their
privacy concems?" says Scassa.
Getting this data did require a
justice of the peace to sign off. But
the OPP won't say where or when
that happened. While this instance
involved only phone numbers,
police have, in the past, requested
names and addresses of cellphone
customers. And the scale of this par-
ticular operation would startle most
people.
It isn't particularly difficult to track
people down with a cellphone num-
ber as a starting point. Yet the police
defend the tactic, saying "If itwasyour
loved one, would you not expect the
police to do everything possible to
identify the person or persons
responsible?"
The answer for many, maybe
most, is yes. But ends don't always
justify means; this could be the start
of a slippery slope. We leave digital
data everywhere, through many of
our actions. This time, police are
dealing with cellphone data, but
next time, theoretically, they could
request information about pur-
chases or transit card uses.
It's not that the police should
never use such tactics. It's that we
don't know what the safeguards are
and how securely or for how long
police are storing the data. As far as
we can tell, there will be no one in
court arguing for the public's privacy
interests in such cases.
Far, far more information and
assurances are needed.
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Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week is November 1
Dear editor,
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a
leading cause of accidental
poisoning deaths in Ontario,
Canada and North America.
In Ontario, 80% of injuries
and deaths from carbon mon-
oxide occur in the home. CO is
called the silent killer because
you cannot see it, taste it or
smell it. This deadly gas is pro-
duced by the incomplete
burning of fuels and can be
released by fuel -burning fur-
naces, hot water heaters, cars,
fireplaces, wood stoves and
kerosene heaters.
The best way to ensure that
you and your family are not
exposed to the dangers of CO is
to eliminate it at its source. As
you prepare for the winter
ahead, be sure to have your
fuel -burning appliances
inspected by a certified
technician.
Your second line of defence
is the installation of a CO
alarm. Without an alarm, you
have no way of knowing if
there are dangerous levels of
CO in your home. It is the law
in Ontario that all homes with
a fuel -burning appliance, fire-
place or attached garage must
have a working CO alarm out-
side all sleeping areas.
For added protection,
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install a CO alarm on every
storey of your home. For
more information about CO
safety or to find a certified
technician in your area, visit
cosafety.ca and ontario.ca/
firemarshal.
Protect yourself and your
family from deadly carbon
monoxide.
Sincerely,
Ross Nichols, Chair Fire
Marshal's Public Fire Safety Council
FROM THE ARCHIVES
15 years ago...
• Twelve schools were at rick of being closed due to severe
changes within the region. Goderich was a major place in which
some schools would be closed. Multiple scenarios were dis-
cussed, and in some cases certain schools would have been
closed and the students ushered into nearby schools.
• With the assistance of the public, the Huron United Way contin-
ued to help children keep warm with their Coats for Kids pro-
gram. Roughly 1,000 coats were brought in, and of those, 700
were distributed to kids in need of coats during the cold months.
• The spooks and freight of goblins were barely passed when the
community of Bayfield held a ceremony to get into the spirit of
Christmas. This event included the lighting of a Christmas tree at
the Square.
25 years ago...
• Agriculture Canada conducted a ground water quality survey
on 1,500 wells across Ontario during the fall. The purpose of the
project was to test the quality and the safety of the drinking
water for farm families and what effect farming may have to the
water's quality.
• The Bayfield Lions Club held their annual rainbow trout derby,
and the first prize of $300 went to John Greidanus for submitting
an 11.70 pound rainbow trout.
35 years ago...
• The Huron County Health Unit was battling more than 100 cases of
head lice in Clinton, Goderich and Seaforth, and according to Cathe-
rine Walsh, Director of Public Nurses, parents had to accept more
responsibility in trying to rid the problem.
• Both betting and attendance sagged at the Clinton Kinsmen Race-
way, but officials weren't overly worried. The average daily handle
had slipped by $3,064, and attendance was down 80 persons a day.
• "The Spirit of Blyth" looked at how a small summer theatre experi-
ment became an integral part of the year-round life of the commu-
nity.The Blyth theatre was featured on 1VO for it's performance.
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