StatCan Data Collection

• Watchdog calls for modernized privacy laws following Statistics Canada data collection investigation

  “Canadians were deeply troubled by these initiatives,” said commissioner Daniel Therrien following an investigation into two projects from Statistics Canada to collect financial and credit information.

  Canada

  Dec 10, 2019
  
• Senate recommends changes to Canada’s privacy legislation following StatsCan controversy

  Senators strongly recommend that Ottawa restructure the pilot project so personal identifiers are removed before the personal banking data is transferred to Statistics Canada.

  Politics

  Dec 11, 2018
  
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• Statistics Canada failed to disclose key info about project to harvest bank data

  Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien said Statistics Canada fell 'way short' of its stated objective of being transparent.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2018
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• NDP joins Conservatives, asks Trudeau Liberals to shut down controversial StatCan projects

  The Liberals defended a Statistics Canada plan to harvest personal financial information from hundreds of thousands of Canadians without consent.

  Politics

  Nov 2, 2018