Teresa Scassa - Blog

A battle over the protection of personal information in the hands of federal political parties (FPPs) has been ongoing now for several years in British Columbia. The BC Supreme Court has just released a decision which marks a significant defeat for the FPPs in their quest to ensure that only minimal privacy obligations apply to their growing collection, use and disclosure of personal information. Although the outcome only green-lights the investigation by BC’s Office of…

Apologies for a somewhat longer than usual post - but the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R. v. Bykovets both interesting and important.... The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in R v. Bykovets is significant for two reasons. The first is that it affirms an understanding of privacy that is in keeping with the realities of contemporary and emerging technologies. The second is that it does so by the narrowest of margins, laying bare…