Why Protect Personal Information?
ìthe purpose of the protection accorded to privacy is to guarantee a sphere of individual autonomy for all decisions relating to choices that are of a fundamentally private or inherently personal natureî. Godbout v. Longueuil (City), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 844
ìÖ anonymity Ö is an essential element of the right to privacy.î Aubry v. Šditions Vice-Versa Inc, [1998] 1 SCR 591