Test adopted differs slightly from Ontario’s, changing the frame to a reasonable person in the position of the plaintiff.

The Alberta Court of King’s Bench, in BD v Germain, has recognized the tort of “intrusion upon seclusion” in the province, but has added a small tweak compared to its articulation in Jones v Tsige. In Jones v Tsige, the Ontario Court of Appeal imported into Ontario the existing American privacy torts, including “intrusion upon seclusion”.

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