The memo, obtained by CBC News under access to information law,​ may launch a renewed battle between the national police service and privacy advocates. Encryption of online data has a been a persistent thorn in the RCMP's side. (Olivia Stefanovich/CBC)Ann Cavoukian was Ontario's privacy commissioner for three terms; she now runs Ryerson University's Privacy by Design Centre of Excellence. The police have no right to access your personal information online, unless of course they have a warrant." She also was advised the RCMP's court-authorized arsenal (things like court orders and "computer network exploitation techniques," which cover hacking) are "rapidly declining."

Source: CBC News September 24, 2018 08:00 UTC