Social Media vs. Privacy And Personality Rights

Privacy in the News

• Toronto Sidewalk Labs
• Amazon Alexa
• Facebook
• • US $550 million class action
• 23andMe
• • Drug development using DNA of clients

Classic Legal Issues

• Canada's Constitution
  • Section 8
    "Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure."
  • Expectation of privacy
    • Motor vehicle / personal searches
    • Hotel rooms
    • Telephone communications
• Jones v. Tsige (2012 Ont.)
  • Improper access by one bank employee of banking and personal information of another bank employee
  • Invasion of privacy
  • Publicly placing in false light
    • Yenovkian v. Gulian (2019 Ont.)
  • Public disclosure of embarrassing private facts
  • Appropriation of a person's name or likeness

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