Violation of B.C. Privacy Act
B.C.’s Privacy Act creates a statutory tort. It applies where one person “wilfully and without a claim of right” violates the privacy of another. The nature and degree of privacy,…
Claim based on Intrusion on Seclusion
Intrusion on Seclusion A private employer, and presumably the investigator, could be sued for breach of the expected privacy of an employee for reading an employee’s private files and email,…