R v Rogers Communications: Some Guidelines for Big Brother
In R v Rogers Communications, 2016 ONSC 70 [Rogers], Justice John Sproat of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice provided some much needed guidance to police and issuing justices when...
Category: Internet & Technology
For Elected Officials, Few Communications Are Private
The electronic records of elected officials have been a recent subject of interest both in Canada and in the United States. Most recently, Democratic Presidential nominee hopeful, Hillary Clinton, started...
Does Government Spying Make Us Safer? Liberty v Secretary of State
A Decision of the United Kingdom’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) in Liberty v Secretary of State, [2015] UKIPTrib 13 77-H [Liberty], endorsed the importance of transparency in the surveillance...
Law Enforcement Wins at the Expense of Internet Privacy in R v Ward
Yesterday, after weeks of incessant prodding by Apple, I finally decided to upgrade to the latest version of iTunes. Before doing so, however, a window emerged before me with a...
