Home Depot shared customers’ data without consent: privacy watchdog

Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne has discovered the Canadian arm of the Home Depot shared details of thousands of its customers’ purchases — without their knowledge or consent — with Meta, the parent company of Facebook. Touria Izri breaks down what prompted the findings, how the data was gleaned, and what’s being done about it.

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