Statistics Canada collecting financial information
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Statistics Canada hits pause on plan to obtain banking records, halts TransUnion credit requestsStatistics Canada is suspending its plan to obtain the personal banking data of 500,000 Canadians and has halted collecting credit records from a major international credit bureau.CanadaDec 3, 2018
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Canadians have little ability to determine if StatCan has their personal banking info: expertsPrivacy experts say there is little people can do to verify if their information has been obtained by the national statistical agency.CanadaOct 31, 2018
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Privacy Commissioner of Canada launches investigation into StatCan over controversial data projectIn an exclusive interview with Global News, Canada's chief statistician Anil Arora says a project to harvest the detailed financial information of 500,000 Canadians -- without their consent -- is crucial to the federal agency's mission.CanadaOct 31, 2018
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Conservatives blast Trudeau government over StatCan collection of personal financial dataConservatives hammer Trudeau government for the second straight day over Statistics Canada’s plan to collect personal banking data.Oct 30, 2018
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StatCan scooped up 15 years of personal financial data from Canadian credit bureauGlobal News has learned that since the fall of 2017 Statistics Canada has scooped up all the credit rating information from a major international credit bureau.CanadaOct 30, 2018
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Trudeau defends Statistics Canada move to collect banking info of 500,000 CanadiansConservative House Leader Candice Bergen grilled Trudeau after a Global News report revealed StatCan is asking banks for the transaction data of 500,000 randomly chosen Canadians.Oct 29, 2018
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EXCLUSIVE: Stats Canada requesting banking information of 500,000 Canadians without their knowledgeStatistics Canada is asking banks across the country for financial transaction data and personal information of 500,000 Canadians — without their knowledge.CanadaOct 26, 2018
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