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