Facebook Privacy

• Sask. business hacked, lost access for 5 months, but Facebook restored access after media request

  Rochelle Annala, owner of Bibs and Boots Fabric in Outlook, Sask., said she got the runaround from Meta after her business's Facebook page was hacked in November 2022.

  Crime

  Mar 29, 2023
  
• Home Depot shared customer data with Meta without consent: Canada’s privacy czar

  The investigation only focused on the Canadian arm of the North American big box renovation chain, which operates over 180 stores in Canada.

  Consumer

  Jan 26, 2023
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg sued for alleged role in sharing Facebook data with Cambridge Analytica

  The lawsuit by Washington, D.C.'s district attorney maintains Zuckerberg directly participated in decisions to share user data and was aware of the potential dangers.

  Tech

  May 23, 2022
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• ‘Surveillance capitalism’ by tech giants is a growing threat, warns privacy watchdog

  Personal data is a highly valuable asset, and no one has leveraged it better than the tech giants behind web searches and social media accounts, the privacy commissioner said.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2021
• Furey won’t investigate N.S. RCMP’s purchase of tool that can ‘unlock’ private friends lists

  Nova Scotia RCMP confirms it used the Web Identity Search Tool software between 2017 and 2018, but says it did not use it to search privatized friends lists.

  Crime

  Dec 14, 2020
• Canadians file class-action suit against Facebook over alleged misuse of personal data

  Recipients of the information included the firm Cambridge Analytica, which was involved in U.S. political campaigns.

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2020
• Facebook to pay $9.5 million to end Canadian probe into privacy claims

  The Competition Bureau said Facebook gave the false impression that its privacy settings would give users control over who could see and access their personal information.

  Canada

  May 20, 2020
• Watchdog asking court to declare that Facebook violated Canadians’ privacy

  In April, Canada's privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien, along with the B.C. commissioner, released a report that identified major gaps in Facebook's privacy protection practices.

  Canada

  Feb 6, 2020
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• What is Facebook’s new ‘Off-Facebook Activity’ tool and can you shut it off?

  A new tool launched worldwide Tuesday shows users a list of information that businesses share with Facebook and your interactions with them. 

  Tech

  Jan 28, 2020
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• 47 U.S. attorneys general support Facebook antitrust investigation

  A state-level antitrust investigation into the social networking giant now has the backing of a bipartisan group of 47 attorneys general.

  Tech

  Oct 22, 2019