CRIMINAL JUSTICEDevice SearchesPRESS RELEASESPRIVACYReasonable Expectations of PrivacySearch & SeizureSearch & Seizure CCLA on R. v. Pike and Scott TORONTO — Shakir Rahim, Director of the Criminal Justice Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association,…CCLAAugust 12, 2024
Device SearchesDNA ForensicsPRIVACYSearch & Seizure Privacy Rights in the Workplace: The Fruits of a Search Cannot be Used to Justify an Unreasonable Privacy Violation Privacy rights protected under s. 8 of the Charter require that the State assess whether…Anaïs Bussières McNicollJune 21, 2024
CRIMINAL JUSTICEDevice SearchesPRESS RELEASESPRIVACYPrivacy Law ReformReasonable Expectations of Privacy CCLA Intervening before Ontario Court of Appeal to Oppose Standardless Limitless Searches of Personal Electronic Devices at Border The Canadian Civil Liberties Association will appear this week before the Court of Appeal for…CCLAApril 15, 2024
Device SearchesPRESS RELEASESPRIVACYPrivacy Law ReformReasonable Expectations of Privacy Supreme Court of Canada rules Police Now Required to Obtain Warrants for IP Address Access Following the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Bykovets, Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, Executive Director and…CCLAMarch 1, 2024
Device SearchesPRIVACYReasonable Expectations of Privacy Re-hearing ordered in Andrei Bykovets v His Majesty the King CCLA is intervening in the Supreme Court of Canada case Andrei Bykovets v His Majesty…Daniel KonikoffJanuary 17, 2024
Device SearchesPRIVACYReasonable Expectations of PrivacySearch & Seizure CCLA Granted Leave to Intervene in Dwayne Alexander Campbell v. His Majesty the King CCLA was granted leave to intervene in Dwayne Alexander Campbell v. His Majesty the King.…Daniel KonikoffJanuary 17, 2024
Device SearchesPRIVACYSearch & Seizure Decision in R v Hafizi On September 28, 2023, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released its decision in R…Daniel KonikoffSeptember 28, 2023
Device SearchesIntelligence & CybersecurityPRESS RELEASESPRIVACYSurveillance & PrivacySurveillance & Technology CCLA Calls for Moratorium on RCMP Surveillance ‘Tools’ Brenda McPhail, Director of Privacy Technology and Surveillance Program for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association,…CCLAAugust 9, 2022
Device SearchesPRESS RELEASESPRIVACY Statement on the RCMP’s Use of Spyware The RCMP uses spyware against Canadians in targeted investigations. The revelation was buried in a…CCLAJune 30, 2022
Border TechnologyDevice SearchesPRIVACY Oral Submissions on Bill S-7 Regarding Privacy and Device Searches at the Border Oral Submission to the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence (SECD) regarding Bill…Brenda McPhailJune 1, 2022