Torys LLP | Canada | 22 Oct 2012
The Supreme Court of Canada has confirmed that employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy from state interference with information on their work computers, just as they do with their home computers, provided that personal use of the work computer is permitted or reasonably expected.
Torys LLP | Canada, USA | 31 Jan 2011
While some people advocate for the infamous position taken by Sun Microsystems co-founder Scott McNealy 11 years ago — You have zero privacy anyway; get over it — the recent proliferation of privacy class actions suggests that reports of the "death of privacy" may be greatly exaggerated.
Torys LLP | Canada | 12 Jul 2010
Since Canada's federal privacy legislation was first introduced in 2000, a significant constitutional issue about its scope has been lingering in the background.
Torys LLP | Canada | 1 Jun 2010
On May 25, the Canadian Parliament introduced two bills on privacy: Bill C-29, Safeguarding Canadians' Personal Information Act and Bill C-28, Fighting Internet and Wireless Spam Act.
Torys LLP | Canada | 6 May 2010
A recent Ontario Divisional Court decision sets a significant Internet law precedent by ruling that the identity of an anonymous Internet user will not be automatically disclosed to a plaintiff in civil litigation, even though the information is in the possession of a named defendant.
Torys LLP | Canada | 20 Aug 2009
Canada’s federal private sector privacy legislation, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (S.C. 2000, c. 5 [PIPEDA]), has been described as a compromise between two competing interests.