On 15 April 2015, Canada became the fourth country to join the APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules System, a voluntary consumer data privacy program, behind Japan (2014), Mexico (2013), and the United States (2012). All 21 APEC countries were involved in the construction of this system, but membership is not guaranteed. Interested countries are required
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Canada Supreme Court Declares Alberta Privacy Law Unconstitutional
By Mark S. Melodia & Cynthia O’Donoghue on
On November 15, 2013, the Supreme Court held Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act (“PIPA”) to be unconstitutional, holding that an individual’s right to freedom of expression in the labor strike context outweighs the individual’s right to control his or her information in public. The ruling is suspended for 12 months to give Alberta’s legislature time…
Canada’s Supreme Court Holds Stricter Standards Apply to Search of Texts
By Mark S. Melodia on
This post was also written by Frederick Lah.
On March 27, the Supreme Court of Canada held that the police must obtain a judicial wiretap order to get text message records from service providers, as opposed to a general warrant, which is easier to obtain.
In this case, the police obtained a general warrant requiring…