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CANADA - No warrant needed to trace Internet use

View the article here 02/13/2009 TORONTO (UPI) -- A judge in Canada has ruled that Internet users have no expectation of privacy and police can track people through Internet protocols without warrants. The ruling by Ontario Superior Court Judge Lynne Leitch is binding on lower courts, and gives law enforcement a new tool to use in investigating such matters as child pornography, the National Post reported Friday. Ruling in a child pornography possession case, Leitch found that the Canadian Charter does not provide a "reasonable expectation of privacy" regarding subscriber information retained by Internet service providers. Police asked Bell Canada in 2007 for subscriber information on an IP address used by someone who had allegedly accessed child pornography...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on February 14, 2009 (boomark / email).