LAW 122 Lecture Notes - False Light, Summary Judgment, Jaguar
20 Nov 2012
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Law 122: handout for chapter 4 invasion of privacy (january 2012) Canada and various provinces have legislation that protects personal information held by the various levels of government and by the private sector. In addition, the canadian charter of rights and freedoms protects. Canadians from unreasonable searches conducted by law enforcement and other government agencies. The ability of individual canadians to sue each other in tort law for an invasion of privacy varies, however, from one part of the country to another. In other countries, such as england and the united states, a common law tort of invasion of privacy exists. The united states recognizes four independent torts that all relate to privacy. In canada, four provinces (newfoundland, manitoba, saskatchewan and british columbia) have created a statutory tort of invasion of privacy. Other provinces had no grounds for private legal action. However, the ontario court of appeal ruled in.
