Everything you wanted to know about cellular radiotelephones and privacy...

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Currently, under the Radiocommunication Act, while listening is not prohibited, it is an offence to divulge or use information obtained from non- broadcast radio signals without the permission of the people who sent the messages. As well, the Criminal Code now clearly makes it an offence to intercept some forms of radiocommunications maliciously or for gain. For example, radio- based telephone communication , 1 carries with it an inherent understanding that the conversations are intended as private conversations. These communications are, by law, afforded the same considerations for the protection of privacy as other land- line based telephone services.