Zones établies de confidentialité personnelle

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General Principles

Voir également: Zones établies de confidentialité ‎, Zones établies de confidentialité des informations, Zones établies de confidentialité territoriale, et Reasonable Expectation of Privacy
Bags, Pockets, Purses

Bags and pockets are protected.[1]

An individual who attends a hospital for medical treatment is entitled to expect that his clothing will be held by the facility until discharged. Hospitals have been identified as an area of concern for the protection of privacy. [2]

Bodily Samples

DNA samples taken as part of a previous sentence is not protected by a reasonable expectation of privacy.[3]

Fingerprints

Fingerprints taken as part of a previous sentence is not protected by a reasonable expectation of privacy.[4]

Photographs

Photographs taken as part of a previous sentence is not protected by a reasonable expectation of privacy.[5]

Body Cavity

Strip searches can be humiliating, embarrassing, and degrading for the accused.[6] It is also one of the most extreme forms of search available to police.[7]

Inmates

A person convicted of a crime has a reduced expectation of privacy.[8] Accordingly, an inmate should have less expectation of privacy in their personal zone of privacy.[9]

Sound of Voice

There is no reasonable expectation of privacy in the "sound" of one's voice. [10]

Licences and registration

There is no intrusion on REP where a person is required to present documents proving compliance with a legal requirement in order to have a right of privilege.[11]

Upskirts and Down Shirts

Recording the cleavage area of a female using a hidden camera intrudes upon the female's expectation of privacy.[12]

  1. R c Grant, 2009 SCC 32 (CanLII), [2009] 2 SCR 353, par McLachlin CJ and Charron J
  2. R c Pickton, 2006 BCSC 1098 (CanLII), 260 CCC (3d) 232, par Williams J, au para 38 citing R c Calarusso, 1994 CanLII 134 (SCC), [1994] 1 SCR 20, par Lamer C.J. and Cory, McLachlin and Major JJ, au para 70
  3. R c DeJesus, 2010 ONCA 581 (CanLII), OJ No 3744, par curiam
  4. R c Jackpine (Rodgers), 2006 SCC 15 (CanLII), [2006] 1 SCR 554, 207 CCC (3d) 225, par Charron J, au para 43 - anything taken under the Identification of Criminals Act has no REP
  5. , ibid., au para 43 - anything taken under the Identification of Criminals Act has no REP
  6. R c Golden, 2001 SCC 83 (CanLII), [2001] 3 SCR 679, par Charron J, au para 89
  7. R c Flintoff, 1998 CanLII 632 (ON CA), 126 CCC (3d) 321, par Finlayson JA, au para 24
  8. R c Briggs, 2001 CanLII 24113 (ON CA), 157 CCC (3d) 38, par Weiler JA, aux paras 33 to 35
  9. , ibid.
  10. R c Pelland, 1997 CanLII 502 (ON CA), 99 OAC 62, 34 WCB (2d) 356, par curiam - police surreptitiously record the accused voice in a public place
    R c Adam et al, 2006 BCSC 1430 (CanLII), par Romilly J, aux paras 9 to 11 - use of voice may still violate s. 13 for incrimination.
  11. R c Hufsky, 1988 CanLII 72, [1988] 1 SCR 621, par Le Dain J
  12. R c Jarvis, 2019 SCC 10 (CanLII), [2019] 1 SCR 488, par Wagner CJ