30 April 2020, 9:40 a.m. (Disponible en français : Protection des renseignements personnels et sécurité des données en temps de pandémie) To quickly limit the spread of the coronavirus (COVID‑19), the federal government could consider exceptional measures – some of which would infringe on privacy – such as the use of personal information and big…
(Disponible en français : Avancées technologiques et protection de la vie privée) Some of the technological advances that have emerged in the last few years have had or could have a significant impact on privacy and data protection. For instance, federal privacy laws are not necessarily equipped to respond to the challenges presented by the…
Dara Lithwick Legal and Social Affairs Division This HillNote is the last in a series of four. (Également disponible en français : L’affaire R. c. Spencer, la protection de la vie privée sur Internet et le Parlement) In June 2014 the Supreme Court of Canada released a landmark decision in R. v. Spencer in which it held that…
Tanya Dupuis and Christine Morris Legal Affairs and Social Affairs Division This HillNote is the second in a series of four. (Aussi disponsible en français : Mégadonnées et vue d’ensemble dans les enquêtes criminelles) Given the ubiquity of communication technologies and the potential for the Internet to be used in criminal activities, telecommunications data are becoming…
Dara Lithwick and Dominique Valiquet, Legal and Social Affairs Division This HillNote is the first in a series of four. (Aussi disponsible en français: Accès légal et vie privée : le cadre législatif) Lawful access is an investigation technique used by national security and law enforcement agencies. It entails the interception of private communications and the seizure…