Deobfuscating State Surveillance

MO-3236; Toronto Police Services Board (Re), [2015] O.I.P.C. No. 168.pdf

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MO-3236; Toronto Police Services Board (Re), [2015] O.I.P.C. No. 168.pdf

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Author

Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner

Abstract Note

OVERVIEW: 1 The Toronto Police Services Board (the police) received a request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to the following: Records regarding any Toronto police services acquisition of cell site simulators (also referred to as an IMSI [International Mobile Subscriber Identity] catcher), including invoices, purchase orders, contracts, loan agreements, solicitation letters, correspondence with companies providing the devices, and similar documents. 2 The police issued the following decision in response to the request: ... due to the nature of your inquiry surrounding the use of electronic surveillance devices, disclosing such information could reveal classified operational procedures currently in practice by the Police Service; thus, potentially jeopardizing the effectiveness in fulfilling its policing mandate.

Date

August 26, 2015

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4 pages.

Publisher

Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner

Title

MO-3236; Toronto Police Services Board (Re), [2015] O.I.P.C. No. 168.pdf

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MO-3236; Toronto Police Services Board (Re), [2015] O.I.P.C. No. 168.pdf

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Citation

Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner, “MO-3236; Toronto Police Services Board (Re), [2015] O.I.P.C. No. 168.pdf,” Deobfuscating State Surveillance, accessed January 19, 2025, https://surveillance.glendon.yorku.ca/items/show/876.