R v Bykovets: A Proactive Approach to Digital Privacy
In R v Bykovets, 2024 SCC 6 [Bykovets], a 5-4 majority of the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) found that Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses are protected by the right against...
Category: Privacy
Keeping Confident about Cabinet Confidentiality: Ontario v Ontario
In Ontario (Attorney General) v Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4 [Ontario], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or the “Court”) held that the executive branch of the...
R v Bykovets: Police Protocol for Internet Protocol
In R v Bykovets, 2024 SCC 6, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) decided that Canadians have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses. As a...
CBC v Manitoba: Tying up a loose end
In Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v Manitoba, 2023 SCC 27 [CBC v Manitoba], the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC” or “the Court”) unanimously dismissed from the bench an appeal from the...
