Wikileaks : US Homeland Security now tracking medical records of Canadians

[stockholmer]

Canadians with mental illnesses denied U.S. entry

Data entered into national police database accessible to American authorities: WikiLeaks

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/09/08/f-border-mental-health-privacy.html

More than a dozen Canadians have told the Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office in Toronto within the past year that they were blocked from entering the United States after their records of mental illness were shared with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Lois Kamenitz, 65, of Toronto contacted the office last fall, after U.S. customs officials at Pearson International Airport prevented her from boarding a flight to Los Angeles on the basis of her suicide attempt four years earlier.

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According to diplomatic cables released earlier this year by WikiLeaks, any information entered into the national Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) database is accessible to American authorities.

Local police officers take notes whenever they apprehend an individual or respond to a 911 call, and some of this information is then entered into the CPIC database, says Stylianos. He says that occasionally this can include non-violent mental health incidents in which police are involved.


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[ThomCat]

1. Oh WTF!

We seriously need to shut down the Dept. of Homeland Security. :grr:

When does it become one atrocity too many?

[Maine_Nurse]

2. Uhhh, Canada does the same to us, worse in fact, they are far stricter.

Not saying it is right, but it is pretty common in many developed nations in the world.