Five police officers in Nelson, B.C. have just launched a constitutional challenge in the B.C. Supreme Court claiming that their privacy rights were violated during an investigation into their WhatsApp messages. They were accused of swapping inappropriate content on their personal smartphones.

Recent privacy concerns regarding Home Depot’s sharing of personal data between 2018 and October 2022 with Meta, which operates social media giants Facebook and Instagram is clearly a widespread issue that has alarmed privacy regulators and the public.