'Your rights are significantly narrower': Canadian lawyer's advice to visitors to U.S.more stories from this episodeFull EpisodeTougher security checks may be coming for those wanting to cross the border into the United States. (Andrew Harnik/Associated Press)Secretary Kelly said Thursday on public radio that visitors to the United States could be asked to hand over their social media passwords to officials as part of enhanced security measures. But when you're at the border, courts in both countries have determined that your rights are significantly narrower in scope. U.S. customs, like Canadian customs, has a whole host of policies and procedures that they should be applying every time they interact with the traveller. What would it mean if those officers started asking for people's social media passwords as they come to the border?

Source: CBC News February 09, 2017 23:57 UTC