The quick freeze is the common approach that we find in jurisdictions that don't have mandatory metadata. It's not as if law enforcement can't get metadata in other places. They can, but with appropriate oversight, using that quick freeze model.
Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law, Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, As an Individual
The quick freeze is the common approach that we find in jurisdictions that don't have mandatory metadata. It's not as if law enforcement can't get metadata in other places. They can, but with appropriate oversight, using that quick freeze model.
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