Does privacy law in Canada do enough to protect us from entities like tech platforms, retailers, the police, hackers and criminals?
Despite early predictions that the internet would spell the end of privacy, it continues to be vital to who we are. Without privacy, we couldn’t sustain relationships or maintain our dignity or sense of self.
Our highest court drew upon the Fourth Amendment case law in the United States to hold that police engage Section 8 when they search or seize something over which we have “a reasonable expectation of privacy.” When police obtain evidence without a warrant, or act without authority, a court can exclude the evidence at that person’s criminal trial — though, in some cases, it may decline to do so.
The most important of these tools is the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act , which contains rules about collecting, using and disclosing personal information by private sector entities in Canada. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada enforces the act, but has often complained of the weak tools at their disposal for doing so.
At least one commentator believes the Privacy Commissioner of Canada will continue to permit data collection by social media companies and search engines for advertising purposes under the CPPA. But the act will require companies to be more explicit with us about how they intend to use our data.
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