Privacy Rights in Shared Computers
- December 30, 2018
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
It all started when Nicole Gravelle called a probation officer who was supervising her common law spouse, Thomas Reeves, to withdraw her consent under a court order permitting him to visit the family home in Sudbury, Ontario. Gravelle said she…
The Vice Media Case
- December 14, 2018
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Vice Media Canada Inc produces content on a multimedia network of websites, TV channels, films and mobile platforms. During 2014 one of its reporters, Ben Makuch, began communicating with Farah Mohamed Shirdon using an instant text messaging application, Kik messenger….
Spies Keep Judges in the Dark
- November 28, 2018
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On November 16, 2018, the Federal Court of Appeal released the unanimous opinion of a three member panel in X (Re), 2018 FCA 207. The exact dates of oral argument and the judgment are unknown because they are redacted from the…
The StatsCan Controversy
- November 16, 2018
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On October 26, 2018, Andrew Russell and David Akin of Global News broke the story that Statistics Canada planned to collect the banking data of half a million Canadians without their knowledge and consent. The data seizure would include bill…
Compelled Password Production
- October 30, 2018
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
Can the state compel a person to provide the password for a locked device? A recent opinion of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Florida indicates that the law in the United States and Canada could be moving in…