Survey on access to porn sites at the ministry of Justice

Alexandre Robillard

Thursday, 25 January 2018 15:46

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Thursday, 25 January 2018 15:56

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QUEBEC | the ministry of Justice wants to know why one of his employees had access to pornographic sites via its computer network, learned our Bureau of investigation.

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The director of communications, Caroline Dorval, said on Wednesday that an internal audit has been ordered in this regard.

This decision was taken after the publication this week of an article by our Bureau of investigation.

According to information reported in our edition of Tuesday, 135 812 attempts to access pornographic sites have been blocked, in 2017, by filters set up on the departmental network.

A single connection attempt had been successful, in march, pointed to our data.

Ms. Dorval was the beginning of the week that this access was ” authorized and has been done in the framework of a procedure frame and for strictly business purposes “.

Context undetermined

Following a clarification request in this regard, the spokesperson has, however, been unable to provide more details yesterday.

“The authorities of the ministry had requested that an internal audit be conducted in respect of this access, said Mrs. Dorval. Measures will be taken, where necessary, according to the findings of this audit. “

This procedure aims to determine the exact context in which the access took place “, she said.

The computer network of the department includes the computers of its points of service, of the palace of justice, the judiciary and the Director of criminal and penal prosecutions.