Information and Privacy Law

1.5 credits · Undergraduate

Canvasses Canadian privacy and freedom of information law (with an emphasis on BC and federal legislation), and emerging issues. Privacy topics include personal, political and commercial impacts of privacy; the impact of technology; criminal law and public safety; privacy breaches and enforcement; and health and workplace privacy. Freedom of information topics include the freedom of information administrative process and information protected from disclosure such as solicitor-client and litigation privilege, Cabinet confidences, and law enforcement information.