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

A Canadian lawful access bill would require companies to retain user metadata for up to one year, giving police the ability to request it with a warrant. Officials say the legislation does not allow authorities to read the content of communications like emails. However, privacy experts are raising concerns that mandatory metadata retention is itself a significant privacy issue, even without direct access to message content.

Your digital footprints could be stored for a year — here's what that means for your privacy.

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