MAJOR CASES & REPORTSPRIVACYSurveillance & Technology Privacy Wins: Jarvis Decision Confirms Privacy Rights Exist in Public Spaces A teacher who argued at the Supreme Court that his secret filming of girls’ cleavage…Brenda McPhailFebruary 14, 2019
PRIVACYSurveillance & Technology Shotspotter is not coming to Toronto, and that’s a win The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will challenge the Government of Nova Scotia’s exceptionally broad injunction limiting…CCLAFebruary 14, 2019
PRIVACYRegulation of Online ExpressionSurveillance & Technology Money (That’s What They Want) It shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone that the collection of our private, personal…Brenda McPhailFebruary 13, 2019
Mass SurveillancePRIVACYSurveillance & Technology Mass surveillance challenge proceeds to Europe’s highest human rights court CCLA and 9 partner organisations have made another step forward in our attempt to stop…Brenda McPhailFebruary 5, 2019
PRIVACYRegulation of Online ExpressionSurveillance & Technology Governing by Mercenary As with the U.S. over-reliance upon private contractors to wage wars, in Canada, we too…CCLAJanuary 29, 2019
MAJOR CASES & REPORTSPRIVACYSmart CitiesSurveillance & TechnologyToronto's Smart City We’re not done talking about privacy in the smart city Since Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto announced their agreement to develop a plan for a…Brenda McPhailJanuary 24, 2019
PRIVACYSurveillance & Technology Presto Change-O Privacy Disappears! December 31 is the end of an era for Torontonians. It’s the last day, ever,…Brenda McPhailJanuary 2, 2019
PRIVACYPrivacy Law Reform Canadians Care about Privacy, Politicians Need to Show They Care About Us 73% of Canadians are concerned or somewhat concerned about how political parties use personal information…Brenda McPhailDecember 19, 2018
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
Mass SurveillanceNational SecurityPRIVACYSurveillance & Technology Mass Surveillance INCLO Case Continues Mass surveillance violates international privacy rights and is fundamentally incompatible with the rights to free…Brenda McPhailDecember 11, 2018