Watchdogs say Facebook broke Canadian privacy laws, urge Ottawa for power to enforce findings GlobeTechnology
Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of Facebook logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018.A joint investigation by the federal and B.C. privacy commissioners found Facebook committed “serious contraventions of Canadian privacy laws” and claims the company is refusing to accept the findings or make requested changes.
The federal investigation was launched in March of 2018 – and became a joint investigation a month later – in response to the international scandal involving the misuse of Facebook data by Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm. The scandal had several key Canadian connections, including the fact that Cambridge Analytica had links to a small Victoria-based firm called Aggregate IQ . The main whistle-blower in the saga – Christopher Wylie – is also Canadian.
The Liberal government passed electoral reform measures in December that aimed to block foreign interference in federal elections. It also requires social-media companies and large websites to create a registry of political ads that states who paid for them. However the legislation did not address the widespread calls to end the current exemption political parties currently have from federal privacy legislation.
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