Recent Canadian Privacy Legislation and Caselaw: The Practical Effects for Police Services
R.K. Friesen
Counsel RCMP Legal Advisory Section
Department of Justice Canada
Sukanya Pillay
Executive Director and General Counsel
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
- R.v. Spencer — the Supreme Court of Canada on privacy, internet anonymity, and cell phone searches
- A discussion of the positive and negative effects of this recent decision on investigations
- Best practices following the Spencer decision
- Bill C-13, Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act:
- The scope of the new offense of non-consensual distribution of intimate images
- New investigative powers and procedures under this legislation
- How these powers and procedures are being implemented
- The “on the ground effect” of this legislation on police activities
- Positive and negative implications of this new legislation
- Bill C-51, Anti-Terrorism Act 2015:
- An overview of the expanded means of information sharing among agencies, and other increased capabilities under this legislation
- Potential implications on privacy
- A discussion on the basis of Charter challenges to Bill C-51
- A review of the status of Charter challenges to Bill C-51, if known, at the time of the program
- British Columbia’s Bill 3- 2014 Missing Persons Act:
- Privacy issues raised by this legislation
- The operational impact of this new Act
- Recent amendments to PIPEDA: new powers of information sharing by retailers
