digital charter
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New Liberal privacy bill wants to fine firms 5% of revenue if they abuse consumer dataThe legislation is billed as giving consumers more control over their privacy and personal data.CanadaNov 17, 2020
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Canada’s Digital Charter not strong enough to soothe privacy concerns on Sidewalk Labs: criticsCanada's Digital Charter lacks sufficient legal enforcement power to effectively protect privacy and regulate use of personal data, according to critics worried that a smart city project in Toronto by Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs unit could be misused for mass surveillance.CanadaMay 31, 2019
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Tech companies and politicians meeting in Ottawa to discuss privacy, disinformationThe international grand committee on big data, privacy and democracy is meeting in Ottawa for three days starting Monday.CanadaMay 26, 2019
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Updates to the Privacy Act coming as feds announce promised digital charterInnovation Minister Navdeep Bains says the federal government will look to update the Privacy Act as part of an effort to build greater trust in the digital world.CanadaMay 21, 2019
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Trudeau announces ‘digital charter,’ tells social media companies to fight fake news or be finedPrime Minister Justin Trudeau said social platforms were "failing their users" on Thursday, while speaking at the Viva Technology conference in Paris.CanadaMay 16, 2019
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