Statistics Canada collecting financial information

• Statistics Canada hits pause on plan to obtain banking records, halts TransUnion credit requests

  Statistics 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.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2018
• Canadians have little ability to determine if StatCan has their personal banking info: experts

  Privacy experts say there is little people can do to verify if their information has been obtained by the national statistical agency.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2018
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• Privacy Commissioner of Canada launches investigation into StatCan over controversial data project

  In 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.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2018
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• Conservatives blast Trudeau government over StatCan collection of personal financial data

  Conservatives hammer Trudeau government for the second straight day over Statistics Canada’s plan to collect personal banking data.

  Oct 30, 2018
• StatCan scooped up 15 years of personal financial data from Canadian credit bureau

  Global 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.

  Canada

  Oct 30, 2018
• Trudeau defends Statistics Canada move to collect banking info of 500,000 Canadians

  Conservative 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
• EXCLUSIVE: Stats Canada requesting banking information of 500,000 Canadians without their knowledge

  Statistics Canada is asking banks across the country for financial transaction data and personal information of 500,000 Canadians — without their knowledge.

  Canada

  Oct 26, 2018