Proving reasonable expectations of privacy beyond a reasonable doubt
Every once in a while, a case comes along displaying unsettling and disturbing facts. In such instances, the law is often seen as a lighthouse guiding us through troubling legal...
Category: Privacy
R v Canfield: Unrestricted Searches of Digital Devices at the Border Declared Unconstitutional
Over the past decade, personal electronic devices (“PEDs”) such as cell phones, tablets, and laptops have become mobile security safes for individuals’ core biographical and personal information. They contain banking...
Genetic Non-Discrimination Act Reference: What’s the difference between a genetic test and a biopsy?
At the hearing of the Genetic Non-Discrimination Act Reference, SC 2017, c 3 [GNDA Reference], at the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) this month, Justice Brown asked the representative of the...
OPC Reaffirms 2009 Consent Standard for Cross-Border Data Processing
Canadian organizations that rely on transborder data flows can breathe a little easier after a recent announcement out of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“OPC”). On September...
