digital searches

R v Canfield: Unrestricted Searches of Digital Devices at the Border Declared Unconstitutional

R v Fearon: Cell Phones, Privacy, and the Supreme Court in the Digital Age

In R v Fearon, 2014 SCC 77 [Fearon], the Supreme Court of Canada considered the circumstances under which police officers can justifiably conduct a warrantless search of an arrestee's cell phone or other digital device. Fundamentally, the decision required the court to assess and balance the public purposes served by effective law enforcement against the dignity and privacy […]