Privacy Concerns and Canada Border Services Agency

Canada Border Services Agency: The federal border agency is bowing to privacy concerns by agreeing to slash the amount of time it will keep data on the cross-border movements of Canadians as part of a new security plan, according to The Chronicle Herald. The tracking system involves exchanging entry information collected from people at the land border so that data on entry to one country would serve as a record of exit from the other and The Canada Border Services Agency says it plans to retain personal details gleaned from the Canada-U.S. initiative for 15 years not 75 following pressure from the federal privacy watchdog. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.