Your metadata may be kept for a year under lawful access bill. What to know

The federal government’s proposed lawful access bill is raising concerns about the potential lengthy retention of Canadians’ metadata that could then be accessed by law enforcement, which privacy experts warn is risky and “unprecedented.” Concerns about the legislation have already spurred multiple service providers, including VPN operators, to say they would pull out of Canada rather than comply with the controversial proposals that seek to give investigators access to company-held data. Bill C-22 includes a new provision that would allow the government to make regulations for “core” telecomm…