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Electronic Devices Privacy Handbook: A Guide to Your Rights at the Border

BC Civil Liberties Association
This handbook is meant to help you make sense of the current state of play with respect to electronic searches at the Canadian border and at US preclearance zones in Canada, and to provide tools to protect your privacy when travelling with electronic devices.
Last reviewed March 2024