Ways in which governments have attempted to use specific technologies to deprive people of their right to privacy. Technology, though, can of course also be used to protect, enhance and extend our individual liberties. It is our responsibility as citizens to act and vote in ways that ensure this comes to pass. In Canada, the Constitution Act of 1982 incorporated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which expresses the fundamental right of all people to "freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication"4. Extending these points, the Privacy Act (revised in 1985)5 and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act of 2000 6 clarify public and private sector responsibilities regarding privacy, which the Canadian Supreme Court has called the "most important value… grounded on physical and moral autonomy…at the heart of liberty in a democratic state".
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