The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada filed a Notice of Application in the Federal Court against Facebook. The application asks the Federal Court to declare Facebook violated the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, order the social media company to implement the proper measures to obtain meaningful consent, and prohibit it from gathering, using and disclosing any data that does not adhere to PIPEDA. Editor's note: IAPP Associate Editor Ryan Chiavetta, CIPP/US, reports on the findings of the OPC and Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia's investigation into Facebook in this piece for The Privacy Advisor.
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