Not exact matches
On December 8, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada released the 5 - 2
ruling in R v Marakah, 2017
SCC 59, that
text messages sent and received can, in some cases, attract a reasonable expectation of privacy and therefore can be protected against unreasonable search and seizure under s. 8 of the Charter of Rights.
The Supreme Court of Canada («
SCC»)
ruled last week that Canadians can expect the
text messages that they send to remain private even after they reach their destination (i.e. depending on the circumstances, there may be a reasonable expectation of privacy in
text messages even after they have been sent to another person).
In a 5 - 2
ruling, the
SCC in R. v. Marakah set aside the firearms convictions of a man whose incriminating
text messages were found on the phone of an alleged accomplice by Toronto police.