Privacy Commissioner
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Canada’s privacy commissioner launches investigation into Ticketmaster breach'Ticketmaster holds the personal information of millions of Canadians. The investigation will allow us to understand why this cyber incident happened.'CanadaJul 31
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Loblaw facing probe over claims customers can’t delete PC Optimum accountsThe Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada says it’s opened an investigation into allegations that some Loblaw customers have been unable to delete their PC Optimum accounts.ConsumerJul 24
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Canada, U.K. launch joint privacy investigation into 23andMe data breachCanada and the U.K. are launching a joint privacy investigation into 23andMe following a security breach that saw 6.9 million user accounts compromised.CanadaJun 10
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Is your data safe with Canada Post? What we know about privacy law violationsCanada Post's gathering of personal information for a marketing program sold to businesses is “absolutely outrageous," a former privacy commissioner says.CanadaSep 21, 2023
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Drone hovering outside midtown Toronto condo raises privacy concerns"It's really unnerving and it really does sort of shatter any sense of of privacy," Lisa Graston said.CrimeSep 20, 2023
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A judge just backed Facebook over Canada’s own privacy commissioner. Here’s whyA judge dismissed the federal privacy watchdog's bid for a declaration that Facebook broke laws governing data protections in a case flowing from the Cambridge Analytica affair.TechApr 17, 2023
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Home Depot shared customer data with Meta without consent: Canada’s privacy czarThe investigation only focused on the Canadian arm of the North American big box renovation chain, which operates over 180 stores in Canada.ConsumerJan 26, 2023
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Saskatoon library ignored lifting of COVID restrictions, privacy commissioner saysManagement told employees on March 11, 2022, that they must submit either proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test, even though the provincial mandate was lifted Feb. 14.CanadaJan 25, 2023
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Edmonton police using facial recognition software to search ‘mugshot database’In 2022, select technicians with the Edmonton Police Service started using a facial recognition software called NeoFace Reveal to help identify suspects in criminal investigations.CrimeFeb 1, 2022
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‘Surveillance capitalism’ by tech giants is a growing threat, warns privacy watchdogPersonal 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.CanadaDec 9, 2021
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