text messages

December 13, 2017

Ceci est-il une conversation?

The Supreme Court holds we can expect our text messages to remain private, even on other people’s phones Continue reading

Constitutional law, Criminal Law/Policy, New Technologies

cell phones, Charter, privacy, search, text messages
March 27, 2013

Interception Followed by a Fumble

What sort of authorization do the police need in order to obtain copies of text messages a person sends or receives? That was the issue which the Supreme Court decided today in R. v. TELUS Communications Co., 2013 SCC 16. If obtaining copies of text messages is an “intercept” within the meaning of s. 183 the Criminal Code, or Continue reading

Criminal Law/Policy, New Technologies

privacy, technology, text messages