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CSE monitors millions of Canadian emails to government: Critics question how long data is stored and what it's used for

26 February 2015

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"Canadas electronic spy agency collects millions of emails from Canadians and stores them for days to months while trying to filter out malware and other attacks on government computer networks, CBC News has learned. A top-secret document written by Communications Security Establishment (CSE) analysts sheds new light on the scope of the agencys domestic email collection as part of its mandate to protect government computers."

See the article: CSE monitors millions of Canadian emails to government: Critics question how long data is stored and what it's used for (CBC News, link)

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