03/02/2020
2017 FC 114 (CanLII) | CanLII
[104] The OPCC has not sought costs. As the applicant represented himself, he is only entitled to his out of
pocket expenses. Given that he has had some difficulty in assembling all of his receipts, I think that a modest award
of $300 would likely cover everything.
JUDGMENT
THIS COURT’S JUDGMENT is that:
1.
It is declared that the Respondent, Sebastian Radulescu, contravened the Personal Information
Protection and Electronics Documents Act, SC 2000, c 5 by collecting, using and disclosing on his
website, www.Globe24h.com (“Globe24h.com”), personal information contained in Canadian court
and tribunal decisions for inappropriate purposes and without the consent of the individuals
concerned;
2.
The Respondent, Sebastian Radulescu, shall remove all Canadian court and tribunal decisions
containing personal information from Globe24h.com and take the necessary steps to remove these
decisions from search engines caches;
3.
The Respondent, Sebastian Radulescu, shall refrain from further copying and republishing
Canadian court and tribunal decisions containing personal information in a manner that contravenes
the Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act, SC 2000, c 5;
a)
The Respondent, Sebastian Radulescu, shall pay the Applicant damages in the amount of
$5000;
b)
The Applicant is awarded costs in the amount of $300; and
c)
The style of cause is amended to substitute the initials “A.T.” for the name of the applicant.
“Richard G. Mosley”
Judge
ANNEX “A”
Personal Information Protection
and Electronic Documents Act, SC
2000, c 5
Loi sur la protection des
renseignements personnels et les
documents électroniques, LC 2000,
ch 5
2 (1) The definitions in this
subsection apply in this Part.
2 (1) Les définitions qui suivent
s’appliquent à la présente partie.
[…]
[…]
organization includes an association, organisation S’entend notamment des
a partnership, a person and a trade
associations, sociétés de personnes,
union. (organisation)
personnes et organisations syndicales.
(organization)
Purpose
Objet
3 The purpose of this Part is to
establish, in an era in which
technology increasingly facilitates
the circulation and exchange of
information, rules to govern the
collection, use and disclosure of
personal information in a manner that
recognizes the right of privacy of
individuals with respect to their
personal information and the need of
organizations to collect, use or
disclose personal information for
purposes that a reasonable person
3 La présente partie a pour objet de
fixer, dans une ère où la technologie
facilite de plus en plus la circulation
et l’échange de renseignements, des
règles régissant la collecte,
l’utilisation et la communication de
renseignements personnels d’une
manière qui tient compte du droit des
individus à la vie privée à l’égard des
renseignements personnels qui les
concernent et du besoin des
organisations de recueillir, d’utiliser
ou de communiquer des
renseignements personnels à des fins
https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/fct/doc/2017/2017fc114/2017fc114.html
16/21
Select target paragraph3
Connect to a paragraph
Connect to an entity
Disable highlights
Add to table of contents