What is the difference between the privacy rights of the individual and the privacy of the state?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Anderson and Slater, 2012 BCPC 496 (CanLII):
It is for that reason that Hunter v. Southam drew the need for there to be a judge interposed between the state and the privacy rights of the individual.
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