Privacy Laws Canada
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Ottawa unveils new rules for use of personal data, AI in privacy billThe Digital Charter Implementation Act was expected to revive some items in a previous bill, introduced by the Liberals in late 2020, that did not become law.CanadaJun 16, 2022
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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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Tim Hortons’ mobile app under investigation for allegedly breaking privacy lawsThe investigation was triggered by numerous media reports about the app's privacy settings.TechJun 29, 2020
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Proposed federal privacy changes could set back spy operations, CSIS warnsCSIS expresses particular concern about defining personal information in the law in an overly broad way, potentially making the intelligence service's job more difficult.CanadaMay 17, 2020
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Privacy commissioner finds gaps in federal party policies on personal data collectionAll the major federal political parties failed to ensure people gave valid consent to the collection and use of their personal information, concluded an analysis by the federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien.PoliticsDec 15, 2019
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More than 28 million Canadians impacted by a data breach in past 12 months: privacy watchdogThe OPC said that almost six in 10 reported breaches (58 per cent) — or 397 reports — were related to unauthorized access.CanadaNov 2, 2019
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RBC denies report claiming bank had access to Facebook users’ private messagesThe bank was among those named in an explosive New York Times report published on Tuesday that claimed Facebook gave major companies greater access to its users' data than had been publicly disclosed.CanadaDec 19, 2018
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Senate recommends changes to Canada’s privacy legislation following StatsCan controversySenators strongly recommend that Ottawa restructure the pilot project so personal identifiers are removed before the personal banking data is transferred to Statistics Canada.PoliticsDec 11, 2018
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Statistics Canada failed to disclose key info about project to harvest bank dataPrivacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien said Statistics Canada fell 'way short' of its stated objective of being transparent.CanadaNov 8, 2018
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NDP joins Conservatives, asks Trudeau Liberals to shut down controversial StatCan projectsThe Liberals defended a Statistics Canada plan to harvest personal financial information from hundreds of thousands of Canadians without consent.PoliticsNov 2, 2018
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