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
CRIMINAL JUSTICEDevice SearchesFair Trial, Due Process & SentencingPolice Powers, Use of Force & Police AccountabilityPRIVACYSearch & SeizureUnreasonable Search & Seizure Applying the Charter Outside of Canada Does the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms apply to the actions of law enforcement…Cara ZwibelMay 16, 2022
Border TechnologyDevice SearchesPRIVACYTravel Screening Phone Searches at the Border: Bill S-7 Fails to Protect Privacy Bill S-7, introduced to provide a threshold for device searches at the border, fails to…Brenda McPhailMay 16, 2022
Device SearchesPRIVACYSearch & 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
Device SearchesPRIVACYSearch & Seizure Supreme Court Finds a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in Shared Computer In a decision released today in R v Reeves, the Supreme Court ruled that each Canadian…CCLADecember 13, 2018
Device SearchesPRESS RELEASESPRIVACYSearch & Seizure A Win for Privacy in Text Messages: Marakah and Jones CCLA’s voice was heard in the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision released today in R…CCLADecember 8, 2017