Canadian Text Message Privacy

In the past, police were able to get a full history of every text message you’ve ever sent with a general search warrant. Typically, search warrants are issued by court order based on an argument suggesting some “probable cause” for committing some crime.

Obviously, to have someone go through all your text messages ever is a huge invasion of privacy, even if there is some “probable cause” saying that you may have committed an entirely unrelated crime. But now, thanks to a ruleing from The Supreme Court of Canada, police will need to get a special Wiretap order- one which is tougher to get, and is taken more seriously.

I for one, am grateful to see that our Canadian justice system does take privacy seriously!

Check out the full story here.

sources:

1. http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/police-need-wiretaps-not-just-warrants-to-search-text-messages-1.1213036 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_warrant
2. http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-rights/probable-cause.html
3. https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSgm8FTSiAu_CQyPb6Rp-k_b7HDoL7c1duhMsPhCph9RYGUfkP7qKd4VMgsv5n4DVqVqaanzBtRDis4Ot_K5Ig_evyACvmQda7M58qIMRaIn3TYDpfdGOQZIalFYwVuBwa5S4wsx5ePF4/s1600/cell+phone+privacy.jpg (image)