Producing Facebook Profile Information

In the Superior Court of Justice matter of Jones v. I.F. Propco Holdings (Ontario) 31 Ltd., the defendant sought an order for production of the plaintiff's private profile information including profile posts and comments.

The action arose out of an alleged incident in which the plaintiff claims that she was hit in the head by ice that fell from the defendant's property. The plaintiff was seeking general and special damages arising from the injuries sustained in the incident.

The defendant's position was that relevant conduct pertaining to the plaintiff's social, family, leisure, and volunteer activities revealed on the public portion of her Facebook leads to an inference that there is relevant information on the private portion of her Facebook profile.