The CBSA Publishes Statement That CBSA Officers Must Stop Searching Solicitor-Client Electronic Documents

Technology is wonderful. Laptop computers are getting lighter.  Storage capacity on laptop computers, smart phones, USB keys and other electronic devices are up in the terabytes.   You can travel with your electronic devices and no one will know you are not in the office.

What this means is that we can travel with vast amounts of personal data (and client documents) dating back to (or before) the purchase of an electronic device.  From one electronic device, you (or the Canada Border Services Agency ("CBSA"), U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("US CBP") and other border officers) can access every email, text message, document, bank statement, health report, credit card statement, invoice, photo, contact, calendar entry, call history, voicemail message, to-do notation, book, magazine, internet search, app data, Facebook post, Twitter post, Netflix download history, stored password, and other information stored on your electronic device.  If your electronic device has