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Canada's Supreme Court holds stricter standards apply to search of texts

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • April 1 2013

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

Privacy in a school setting

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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  • Canada
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  • January 9 2013

Schools monitor employee use of work-issued computers for a variety of reasons: protecting confidential information, preventing improper use of

Crossing the line: Supreme Court of Canada to consider balance between privacy rights and freedom of expression in picket line videotaping case

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
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  • Canada
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  • October 25 2012

In an important constitutional case, the Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave to hear an appeal from a decision that found that the application of privacy law to the videotaping of individuals crossing picket lines infringed the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Privacy of employee records - Supreme Court of Canada issues decision in R v. Cole

  • Davis LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • October 23 2012

This bulletin provides an update on our June 11, 2012 Davis LLP Privacy Bulletin, Privacy of Employee Records on an Employer's System

Canada's highest court rules on employee privacy rights over work computer

  • Dentons
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  • Canada
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  • October 23 2012

In R. v. Cole, 2012 SCC 53, the Supreme Court of Canada held that a warrantless search and seizure by police of a teacher’s employerissued computer containing sexually explicit images of a female student were in violation of the teacher’s rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy in work computers: Supreme Court of Canada

  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
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  • Canada
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  • October 22 2012

In R. v. Cole, 2012 SCC 53 (October 19, 2012), the Supreme Court of Canada held that employees may reasonably expect privacy in the information stored on their work-issued computers at least where personal use is permitted or reasonably expected

Supreme Court decision regarding searches of teacher laptop

  • Miller Thomson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • October 22 2012

On Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in R. v. Cole, which is a case involving the search of a teacher’s laptop that uncovered naked and partially naked photos of a student

Canada’s top court rules teacher’s privacy interest in laptop diminished due to school board ownership of computer and workplace policies regarding computer use

  • Miller Thomson LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • October 22 2012

The Supreme Court of Canada has released its much anticipated decision in R. v. Cole, a criminal law case with potential implications for the privacy rights of employees in the workplace

Employees have limited privacy rights on employer - issued computers

  • Harris & Company
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  • Canada
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  • October 19 2012

In a much anticipated decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has overturned the decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in R. v. Cole, and has concluded that the evidence obtained through a warrantless police search of a laptop issued by the employer to a teacher should not have been excluded

Staff advice and recommendations not publicly accessible upon request

  • Miller Thomson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • September 28 2012

The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (“FIPPA”) and its municipal equivalent provide that every person has a right of access to a record or a part of a record in the custody or under the control of the government of Ontario or a government institution, with certain exceptions