Brenda McPhail, Author at CCLA

Device Searches PRIVACY Search & Seizure

A Phone Is Not a “Good”, It’s a Private Window into Our Lives

Yet another story has emerged about an intrusive attempt to search a traveller’s phone and…

Brenda McPhailMay 5, 2019

PRIVACY Surveillance & Technology

Canada’s Privacy Commissioner’s Office is Furious, and He’s Deleting Their Facebook Page

A blistering report issued by Canada’s and British Columbia’s Privacy Commissioners accuses Facebook of violating…

Brenda McPhailApril 25, 2019

MAJOR CASES & REPORTS PRIVACY Search & Seizure Surveillance & Technology

CCLA at The Supreme Court: Privacy Lost

It’s a loss for privacy in a disappointing Supreme Court decision released April 18 in…

Brenda McPhailApril 19, 2019

MAJOR CASES & REPORTS PRIVACY Smart Cities Surveillance & Technology Toronto's Smart City

Demanding Our Privacy Rights Get a Seat at The Table

CCLA is going to court to reset the Waterfront Toronto/Sidewalk Labs smart city project. A…

Brenda McPhailApril 16, 2019

MAJOR CASES & REPORTS PRIVACY Surveillance & Technology

Privacy Wins: Jarvis Decision Confirms Privacy Rights Exist in Public Spaces

A teacher who argued at the Supreme Court that his secret filming of girls’ cleavage…

Brenda McPhailFebruary 14, 2019

PRIVACY Regulation of Online Expression Surveillance & Technology

Money (That’s What They Want)

It shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone that the collection of our private, personal…

Brenda McPhailFebruary 13, 2019

Mass Surveillance PRIVACY Surveillance & Technology

Mass surveillance challenge proceeds to Europe’s highest human rights court

CCLA and 9 partner organisations have made another step forward in our attempt to stop…

Brenda McPhailFebruary 5, 2019

MAJOR CASES & REPORTS PRIVACY Smart Cities Surveillance & Technology Toronto's Smart City

We’re not done talking about privacy in the smart city

Since Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto announced their agreement to develop a plan for a…

Brenda McPhailJanuary 24, 2019

PRIVACY Surveillance & Technology

Presto Change-O Privacy Disappears!

December 31 is the end of an era for Torontonians. It’s the last day, ever,…

Brenda McPhailJanuary 2, 2019

PRIVACY Privacy Law Reform

Canadians Care about Privacy, Politicians Need to Show They Care About Us

73% of Canadians are concerned or somewhat concerned about how political parties use personal information…

Brenda McPhailDecember 19, 2018

Brenda McPhail

A Phone Is Not a “Good”, It’s a Private Window into Our Lives

CCLA at The Supreme Court: Privacy Lost

Demanding Our Privacy Rights Get a Seat at The Table

Privacy Wins: Jarvis Decision Confirms Privacy Rights Exist in Public Spaces

Money (That’s What They Want)

Mass surveillance challenge proceeds to Europe’s highest human rights court

We’re not done talking about privacy in the smart city

Presto Change-O Privacy Disappears!

Canadians Care about Privacy, Politicians Need to Show They Care About Us

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