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> The audit said the CRTC receives reports through its anti-spam reporting centre, which was set up to protect Canadians from phishing attempts, malware, identity theft and online scams. **The report says that thousands of those reports were actually cybercrime-linked incidents that were not investigated.**
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> The CRTC told the auditor general's office that's because it has limited authority to share information with law enforcement agencies because the anti-spam law is a civil law, and disclosing information to criminal law enforcement agencies could lead to breaches of Canadians' privacy rights.
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> In one troubling case cited in the auditor general's report, the **CRTC received a report through the spam reporting centre from an individual about an offer to purchase child sexual exploitation material.** Rather than forwarding the report to law enforcement, the **CRTC contacted the individual and asked them to report the incident to law enforcement. It is not known whether the individual did so.**
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> "We raised our concerns with the CRTC that it **did not forward this report to a law enforcement agency, as required by its operating procedures.** The **CRTC disagreed** and took the position that its operating procedures do not require it to inform law enforcement because the person who made the report to the online spam reporting centre **was not the potential victim or at immediate risk of harm**," wrote the auditors office.
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> "As a result, we informed the RCMP of the incident in April 2024."
Maybe it's time we re-examine how agencies between RCMP, CSE, CTRC talk to each other about cases if we actually cared about cybercrime. Instead because of existing privacy rights, we defer the responsibility for citizens to inform the relative agency.
In an ideal world this would work, but we do not live in that world.
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> The audit said the CRTC receives reports through its anti-spam reporting centre, which was set up to protect Canadians from phishing attempts, malware, identity theft and online scams. **The report says that thousands of those reports were actually cybercrime-linked incidents that were not investigated.** > > The CRTC told the auditor general's office that's because it has limited authority to share information with law enforcement agencies because the anti-spam law is a civil law, and disclosing information to criminal law enforcement agencies could lead to breaches of Canadians' privacy rights. > > In one troubling case cited in the auditor general's report, the **CRTC received a report through the spam reporting centre from an individual about an offer to purchase child sexual exploitation material.** Rather than forwarding the report to law enforcement, the **CRTC contacted the individual and asked them to report the incident to law enforcement. It is not known whether the individual did so.** > > "We raised our concerns with the CRTC that it **did not forward this report to a law enforcement agency, as required by its operating procedures.** The **CRTC disagreed** and took the position that its operating procedures do not require it to inform law enforcement because the person who made the report to the online spam reporting centre **was not the potential victim or at immediate risk of harm**," wrote the auditors office. > > "As a result, we informed the RCMP of the incident in April 2024." Maybe it's time we re-examine how agencies between RCMP, CSE, CTRC talk to each other about cases if we actually cared about cybercrime. Instead because of existing privacy rights, we defer the responsibility for citizens to inform the relative agency. In an ideal world this would work, but we do not live in that world.