Canada high court rules police need special order to intercept text messages

[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Canada [official website] ruled Wednesday that police cannot use general search warrants to acquire text messages from a service provider's database. In a 5-2 decision [judgment], the court found that text messages are private communications and cannot be intercepted by police without special wiretap authorization under Part VI [text] of the Criminal Code. Under the general warrant provision [text], a judge may only issue a warrant to a police officer if no other provision would...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/03/canada-high-court-rules-police-need-special-order-to-intercept-text-messages.php

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