Annex C: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Special Report on the Lawful Access to Communications by Security and Intelligence Organizations

BCCLA
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association
BSI
Basic subscriber information
Budapest Convention
Budapest Convention on Cybercrime (Council of Europe)
Charter
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982, being Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982, 1982, c 11 (U.K.)
CLOUD Act
Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (U.S.)
CNE
Computer network exploitation
CSE
Communications Security Establishment
CSIS
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
CSP
Communications service provider
DMNS
Deputy Ministers’ Committee on National Security
DoJ
Department of Justice
ETHI
Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (House of Commons)
Five Eyes
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K., and the U.S.
FPT
Federal, Provincial, and Territorial
G7
Group of Seven: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S.
IP
Internet Protocol
MLAT
Mutual legal assistance treaty
NLAC
National Lawful Access Centre
NSICOP, or the Committee
National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians
NS-TAG
National Security Transparency Advisory Group
ODIT
On-Device Investigative Tool
OPC
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
PPSC
Public Prosecution Service of Canada
Public Safety
Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
RFA
Request for assistance
SCC
Supreme Court of Canada
SECU
Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (House of Commons)
SOLGEN Standards
Solicitor General’s Enforcement Standards for Lawful Interception of Telecommunications
U.K.
United Kingdom
U.S.
United States