Canada:
OPC Launches Investigation Of Social Media Company
06 July 2018
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Richard Johnson
,
Jonathon Little
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Lisa M. Ropple
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
and
Anand Varadarajan
Jones Day
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On March 20, 2018, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of
Canada ("OPC") opened an investigation concerning recent alleged
reports of a major social media company using and accessing user
profiles without authorization. The investigation will focus on the
company's compliance with the Personal Information Protection
and Electronic Documents Act.
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