R. v. Wong

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"R. v. Wong", [1990] 3 S.C.R. 36, is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the evidence obtained by electronic video surveillance conducted without authorization. The Court held that individuals have a reasonable expectation of privacy in a hotel room. This expectation does not depend on whether those persons were engaging in illegal activities. Therefore, individuals can expect that agents of the state will not engage in warrantless video surveillance. Electronic surveillance without authorization violates Section Eight of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. However, for this particular case, the Supreme Court held that the police acted in good faith and had reasonable and probable ground to believe criminal activities were committed. The surveillance without authorization was a result of misunderstanding. Hence, acceptance of the surveillance as evidences will not bring "the administration of justice into disrepute" under Section Twenty-four of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

ee also

* List of Supreme Court of Canada cases (Lamer Court)

External links

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* [http://www3.fis.utoronto.ca/research/iprp/publications/Boa_privacy_2005.pdf Surveillance technologies, privacy in public, and reasonable expectations of privacy in judicial reasoning: The importance of distinguishing nuances]
* [http://www.oba.org/En/pri/may04/right.aspx Ontario Bar Association - The Right to Privacy as a Fundamental Value in a Free and Democratic Society]