The Ontario Court of Appeal has recognized a right to privacy in the personal information Canadians store on work-issued computers.
In a 3-0 ruling Tuesday, the court said a Sudbury high school teacher charged with having nude photos of a Grade 10 student on a laptop issued by the school board had a right to expect his personal files on the computer’s hard drive would remain private.
Read the case R. v. Cole 2011 ONCA 218
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