Canadian Privacy Law: Cases and Materials

In recent years, privacy concerns have grown in prominence due to technological advancements such as big data analytics, Large Language Models, algorithmic decision-making, and the Internet of Things. As legislators, regulators, courts, businesses, and individuals grapple with these evolving challenges, a nuanced understanding of privacy law has become essential for the modern lawyer.

Canadian Privacy Law: Cases and Materials is the first casebook to comprehensively examine the legal framework governing privacy in Canada, including private law, statutory law, and the Charter. This guide explores the evolving landscape of privacy rights, focusing on the key legislation, landmark cases, comparisons between jurisdictions, and emerging trends that shape this field, equipping law students with the knowledge and skills needed to navigate this complex and rapidly developing area of law.

Organized into four parts—Privacy Torts for Digital Harms, Statutory Privacy in the Information Economy, Privacy in Law Enforcement, and Special Topics—this casebook addresses a wide variety of issues such as: reputation and the tort of disclosure, online speech harms, privacy tort of intrusion, statutory privacy under AI, privacy class actions, the right to be forgotten, high-tech policing, the public/private divide, digital searches and seizures, health information and employee privacy, and mass surveillance under international law. Each part combines conceptual exploration with case law analysis to help readers grasp how privacy law is evolving in real-world contexts.

By integrating Canadian and international case law, expert commentary, and emerging developments, this casebook enables students to think critically about the legal, ethical, and technological dimensions of privacy law in the 21st century. It is an indispensable resource for courses in privacy law, information law, and technology regulation.