L’erba del vicino: in canada va a processo per non avere dato la pwd del cellulare ai doganieri

A Quebec man charged with obstructing border officials by refusing to give up his smartphone password says he will fight the charge. 

The case has raised a new legal question in Canada, a law professor says.

Alain Philippon, 38, of Ste-Anne-des-Plaines, Que., refused to divulge his cellphone password to Canada Border Services Agency during a customs search Monday night at Halifax Stanfield International Airport.

Philippon had arrived in Halifax on a flight from Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. He's been charged under section 153.1 (b) of the Customs Act for hindering or preventing border officers from performing their role under the act.

According to the CBSA, the minimum fine for the offence is $1,000, with a maximum fine of $25,000 and the possibility of a year in jail.

Philippon did not want to be interviewed but said he intends to fight the charge since he considers the information on his phone to be "personal."

The CBSA wouldn't say why Philippon was selected for a smartphone search.

In an email, a border services spokesperson wrote, "Officers are trained in examination, investigative and questioning techniques. To divulge our approach may render our techniques ineffective. Officers are trained to look for indicators of deception and use a risk management approach in determining which goods may warrant a closer look."​

Rob Currie, director of the Law and Technology Institute at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, said that under Canadian law, travellers crossing the Canadian border have a reduced expectation of privacy.

He said border officials have wide-ranging powers to search travellers and their belongings.

"Under the Customs Act, customs officers are allowed to inspect things that you have, that you're bringing into the country," he told CBC News. "The term used in the act is 'goods,' but that certainly extends to your cellphone, to your tablet, to your computer, pretty much anything you have."

via www.cbc.ca

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6 thoughts on “L’erba del vicino: in canada va a processo per non avere dato la pwd del cellulare ai doganieri”

  1. Enrico Pallazzo

    Non si tratta di anti terrorismo ma di doganieri. Ci sto pensando da un po’ ma non riesco a trovare uno scenario nel quale i doganieri dovrebbero avere bisogno di frugare in un cellulare.
    Qualcuno ha un’idea del perché lo facciano?

  2. Un motivo comune consiste nel verificare se un viaggiatore, entrando con un visto turistico, sia un “genuine tourist” e non cerchi, ad esempio, di entrare per lavorare senza essere in possesso del visto relativo. Cercando tra i numeri recentemente chiamati o nelle mail, un agente CBSA puo’ trovare e.g. email tra il viaggiatore e il futuro datore di lavoro, e usarle come indizio per cancellare il visto (turistico) e rifiutare l’ingresso della persona in Canada.
    Inoltre, cercando in un device personale, si possono trovare prove che dimostrino come il viaggiatore abbia una falsa identita’, o entri per condurre attivita’ illegali, o trasporti materiale pedopornografico o porno con animali, ecc.
    Se cerca su Youtube “Border Security Canada”, trovera’ una serie (disgustosa, a mio avviso) sull’argomento.

  3. Beh si… una bella vasca ad idromassaggio in un cinema 3d… unendo Centro Benessere con Cinema esce fuori Cinema Benessere.
    Io invece stavo pensando a rimettere i posaceneri al cinema e aprire Cinema Per Fumatori; mi son sempre piaciute di piu’ le nicchie.

  4. Enrico Pallazzo

    Se sono furbi investono in auto automatiche e fanno la prima compagnia al mondo di taxi senza conducente.

  5. Concordo con Enrico.
    Uber sta investendo molto in auto senza conducente.
    Qui un paio di articoli sull’argomento
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3156441/The-end-taxi-drivers-Uber-wants-buy-Tesla-s-self-driving-cars-rumours-suggest.html
    “Despite criticism from taxi drivers, Uber is planning on moving its business up a gear by embracing autonomous vehicles. The firm’s CEO, Travis Kalanick, has reportedly said he intends to buy up all of Tesla’s self-driving cars that will be produced in the next five years….”
    http://zackkanter.com/2015/01/23/how-ubers-autonomous-cars-will-destroy-10-million-jobs-by-2025/

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