Alberta privacy law violates freedom of expression; big implications for ALL Canadian privacy laws @privacylawyer
Alberta privacy law violates freedom of expression; big implications for ALL Canadian privacy laws  @privacylawyer
Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
In Clearview AI Inc v Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2025 ABKB 287, the Alberta Court of King's Bench determined that Alberta's privacy law violates the guarantee of freedom of expression in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This has implications for ALL Canadian private sector privacy laws.

The Alberta Court of Kings Bench Decision is here: canlii.ca/t/kc1r5
The Joint Privacy Commissioners' Finding is here: canlii.ca/t/jd55x

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