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CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRIVACY Reasonable Expectations of Privacy Unreasonable Search & Seizure

SCC releases judgement in Singer, expanding police ability to enter people’s yards

The Supreme Court of Canada issued its decision in R v Singer, 2026 SCC 8,…

TamirMarch 23, 2026

CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRIVACY Search & Seizure Unreasonable Search & Seizure

CCLA Intervening at SCC to Protect People’s Privacy Rights from Police Overreach

The “implied licence to knock” doctrine enables police to approach a private property to communicate…

Anaïs Bussières McNicollDecember 19, 2024

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Device Searches PRESS RELEASES PRIVACY Reasonable Expectations of Privacy Search & Seizure Search & Seizure

CCLA on R. v. Pike and Scott

TORONTO — Shakir Rahim, Director of the Criminal Justice Program of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association,…

CCLAAugust 12, 2024

Device Searches DNA Forensics PRIVACY Search & Seizure

Privacy Rights in the Workplace: The Fruits of a Search Cannot be Used to Justify an Unreasonable Privacy Violation

Privacy rights protected under s. 8 of the Charter require that the State assess whether…

Anaïs Bussières McNicollJune 21, 2024

CRIMINAL JUSTICE Device Searches PRESS RELEASES PRIVACY Privacy Law Reform Reasonable Expectations of Privacy

CCLA Intervening before Ontario Court of Appeal to Oppose Standardless Limitless Searches of Personal Electronic Devices at Border

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association will appear this week before the Court of Appeal for…

CCLAApril 15, 2024

Device Searches PRESS RELEASES PRIVACY Privacy Law Reform Reasonable Expectations of Privacy

Supreme Court of Canada rules Police Now Required to Obtain Warrants for IP Address Access

Following the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Bykovets, Noa Mendelsohn Aviv, Executive Director and…

CCLAMarch 1, 2024

Device Searches PRIVACY Reasonable Expectations of Privacy

Re-hearing ordered in Andrei Bykovets v His Majesty the King

CCLA is intervening in the Supreme Court of Canada case Andrei Bykovets v His Majesty…

Daniel KonikoffJanuary 17, 2024

Device Searches PRIVACY Reasonable Expectations of Privacy Search & Seizure

CCLA Granted Leave to Intervene in Dwayne Alexander Campbell v. His Majesty the King

CCLA was granted leave to intervene in Dwayne Alexander Campbell v. His Majesty the King.…

Daniel KonikoffJanuary 17, 2024

PRIVACY Reasonable Expectations of Privacy Search & Seizure

Privacy Rights in the Workplace – CCLA Intervention in York Region District School Board v. Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario

The CCLA will appear as an intervenor before the Supreme Court of Canada in York…

Daniel KonikoffOctober 17, 2023

Device Searches PRIVACY Search & Seizure

Decision in R v Hafizi

On September 28, 2023, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released its decision in R…

Daniel KonikoffSeptember 28, 2023

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SCC releases judgement in Singer, expanding police ability to enter people’s yards

CCLA Intervening at SCC to Protect People’s Privacy Rights from Police Overreach

CCLA on R. v. Pike and Scott

Privacy Rights in the Workplace: The Fruits of a Search Cannot be Used to Justify an Unreasonable Privacy Violation

CCLA Intervening before Ontario Court of Appeal to Oppose Standardless Limitless Searches of Personal Electronic Devices at Border

Supreme Court of Canada rules Police Now Required to Obtain Warrants for IP Address Access

Re-hearing ordered in Andrei Bykovets v His Majesty the King

CCLA Granted Leave to Intervene in Dwayne Alexander Campbell v. His Majesty the King

Privacy Rights in the Workplace – CCLA Intervention in York Region District School Board v. Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario

Decision in R v Hafizi

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