I’m mid way through the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice “Privacy in the Age of Information” conference in St. John’s Newfoundland. It’s been a great conference so far, with quality presentations on tough administration of justice like issues like cyberbullying, the right to be forgotten and state surveillance.
My contribution was on the workplace privacy panel with Paul MacDonald of Cox & Palmer (as moderator), Emma Phillips of Sack Mitchell and Melanie Beuckert of the Court of Appeal of Manitoba. I started with a short “management perspectives” address and then Emma and I debated a variety issues, including computer access and monitoring, off-duty conduct and the exclusion of surveillance evidence at labour arbitration. Melanie played the “straight person” role wonderfully. It was fun, and I advanced my thinking about these issues significantly.
In preparation I worked up the speaking notes below, which capture some of the ideas I contributed to the discussion.
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