· Canada, unlike the USA, has a legislative system of data protection which is the essential condition required by Article 8 of the European Charter and Article 8 of the ECHR according to which limitations to privacy are only admissible if they “… are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society, in the interests of national security, territorial integrity or public safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime,…”.
· Canada, unlike the USA, has a legislative system of data protection which is the essential condition required by Article 8 of the European Charter and Article 8 of the ECHR according to which limitations to privacy are only admissible if they “… are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society, in the interests of national security, territorial integrity or public safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime,…”.