OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog says the scope of the Conservative government's anti-terrorism bill is excessive and that it puts the personal information of Canadians at risk.
In a submission to the House of Commons public safety committee, Daniel Therrien says measures in the bill to protect against unreasonable loss of privacy are seriously deficient.
Therrien says all Canadians would be caught in this web.
He says the bill could make available all federally held information about someone to 17 government departments and agencies with responsibilities for national security.
Therrien says the legislation sets the threshold for sharing Canadians' personal data far too low.
In addition, he's concerned the bill sets no clear limits on how long the information would be kept.
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