Evaluating the Constitutionality of the Customs Act and Admissibility of Electronic Evidence in R v Scott by N Ashford
Electronic devices contain a cache of information including an individual’s beliefs, relationships, and lifestyle. As technology continues to evolve and become increasingly intimate, the law has remained stagnant. R v Scott addressed several issues, including the right to counsel and sentencing, this case analysis will focus on the breach of the appellant’s section 8 Charter rights by officers acting under section 99(1)(a) of the Customs Act to authorize the search of digital
The Information Age - Harrison Gray
The age of smartphones has brought many improvements to the average person throughout Canada. The ability to have a wealth of information in your pocket, at any given time, has allowed for improvements throughout the day-to-day life of many across the country. The answers to everyday questions have become readily accessible and have allowed efficiency in dealing with everyday problems.
Privacy in the Age of Consumer Genetic-Testing - Harrison Gray
The growing industry of private genetic testing has allowed people to explore their own ancestral history as well as connecting with previously unknown relatives. The ability of modern technology to analyze the basic genetics of people has allowed them to see their own cultural and ancestral history and has become a common and utilized service in the recent years. While this new technological and scientific development has excited many people across Canada, this opens up new
Shared Computers and Digital Privacy for Low-Income Individuals - Eric Epp
In an ideal world, the law is applied equally to every person in society. Of course, this is often not the case, as people’s individual circumstances change the way that a case is analyzed and applied. People who earn a low income are disproportionately burdened by legal problems compared to individuals higher on the socioeconomic spectrum. In criminal law, low-income individuals are both more likely to become involved with the law in some way and are more likely to be denied
The Intimate and Biographical Core of Personal Information - Kerith Tung
Personal information is given out all the time, but what constitutes personal information at a societal level can be subjective. For example, some people may not hesitate to have their phone number posted online for all to see; others may prefer to ensure that all personal information is private. It is fortunate, then, that when determining a legally reasonable expectation of privacy as set out in Hunter v Southam (“Hunter”), the threshold was designed to be normative: a reas
