Scott McNealy, the former CEO of Sun Microsystems Inc., has achieved considerable notoriety for having warned Internet users 10 years ago that “you have no privacy, get over it.” Recent headlines suggest Ontario courts have adopted those sentiments, as two recent decisions involving the disclosure of subscriber information by Internet service providers confirmed that revealing personal information to law enforcement without a warrant is permitted under Canadian privacy law.While some view these cases as providing conclusive evidence that Canadians enjoy little privacy in identifying data such as customer name and address, a closer look at the decisions and industry practices reveal the issue is not entirely settled.
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Canadian privacy rights buried in the fine print by Michael Geist
Scott McNealy, the former CEO of Sun Microsystems Inc., has achieved considerable notoriety for having warned Internet users 10 years ago that “you have no privacy, get over it.” Recent headlines suggest Ontario courts have adopted those sentiments, as two recent decisions involving the disclosure of subscriber information by Internet service providers confirmed that revealing personal information to law enforcement without a warrant is permitted under Canadian privacy law.