Posts Tagged ‘canadian privacy law

An investigation by Canada’s privacy commissioner confirmed that Google violated Canadian privacy law when its Street View cars collected data from the country’s Wi-Fi networks. “Our investigation shows that Google did capture personal information – and, in some cases, highly sensitive personal information such as complete e-mails. This incident was a serious violation of Canadians’ [...]

This isn’t at all Google’s week when it comes to international regulations and the company’s collection of sensitive WiFi data.  First came the news it might be fined $3.3 million in Spain.  Now there’s been an official declaration that Google broke Canadian privacy laws. Jennifer Stoddart, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, stated today in reference [...]

It’s not just Google and Facebook that are under scrutiny from privacy watchdogs. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), a consumer advocacy group based in Ottawa, has asked the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to investigate alleged violations of Canadian privacy law by popular teen social networking site, Nexopia. PIAC’s complaint identified six Nexopia privacy practices [...]


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