The police in Thunder Bay, Ontario, had grounds to obtain a search warrant for Rashawn Samuels’ apartment the day before he was arrested. But they chose to wait until after the arrest to apply for the warrant and denied his... The post Gun and Cash Tossed by Ontario Court of Appeal first appeared on Clayton Rice, K.C ..read more

The alleged sale of two grams of cocaine to an undercover police officer prompted the police to initiate a motor vehicle stop for tinted windows contrary to Alberta’s traffic safety statute. But the officer who stopped the vehicle testified on... The post Police Motor Vehicle Stops: Purpose or Pretext? first appeared on Clayton Rice, K.C ..read more

Social Media and Video Streaming Services have become a ubiquitous part of life and culture in the digital age. But these services do more than let their users connect with the world from the palm of their hands. A new... The post A New F.T.C. Report Finds a Vast Surveillance Ecosystem first appeared on Clayton Rice, K.C ..read more

Former member of the United States House of Representatives George Santos has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft after a tumultuous year plagued by scandal. The charges stemmed from inflating fundraising numbers and faking donor names to... The post The George Santos Indictments first appeared on Clayton Rice, K.C ..read more

In a recent opinion that may have broader reach in the world of connected cars the Ontario Court of Appeal unanimously held there is no expectation of information privacy in data contained in a motor vehicle event data recorder. Although... The post Is There a Privacy Interest in Car Crash Data? first appeared on Clayton Rice, K.C ..read more

Geofence warrants have been held to be unconstitutional in a recent opinion delivered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sparking praise for its critique of digital dragnets and concerns about the broader implications whether any... The post U.S. Fifth Circuit Rules Geofence Warrants Are Unconstituional first appeared on Clayton Rice, K.C ..read more

On July 22, 2024, Google announced the reversal of its plan to eliminate cookies in its Chrome browser. The decision appears to follow objections to Google’s alternative technologies by digital advertising companies. Instead, Google intends to introduce a new feature... The post Google Backtracks on Discontinuing Third Party Cookies first appeared on Clayton Rice, K.C ..read more

Cyber intelligence officials in the United States, Netherlands and Canada have identified a sophisticated Russian bot farm that used artificial intelligence to facilitate almost a thousand covert accounts on the social media platform X. The U.S. Department of Justice said... The post Russian Propaganda Bot Farm Disrupted first appeared on Clayton Rice, K.C ..read more

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently considered a case involving the search of a hotel room and the seizure of a cellular telephone as an incident to the arrest of a suspected narcotics distributor. The search was unreasonable because the area searched was not within the immediate control of the person arrested. The opinion presents an opportunity to compare some core aspects of the jurisprudence of the United States Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of Canada. 1. Introduction On June 24, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, at Richmo ..read more

The Alberta Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for Kirandeep Toor who was convicted of drug smuggling by a Lethbridge jury and was serving a nine year sentence along with her twenty-two month old daughter who was born during her incarceration. In a split 2-1 ruling the court allowed her application to produce the affidavit of her co-accused husband who said he wanted to purge his guilt. She knew nothing about the 84 kilograms of cocaine located in his truck by Canadian border agents at Coutts, Alberta. It was reported as the largest cocaine seizure by Canadian border authorities in Albert ..read more