OPC investigating anonymization of Canadians’ cellphone location data

Canadian Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien is investigating the Public Health Agency of Canada’s use of third-party cellphone location data to track individuals’ movements during the COVID-19 pandemic, National Post reports. Therrien, who is studying whether the data was properly anonymized, told the House of Commons Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics that he questions whether “most users knew how their data was being used” and said the government should have been more proactive in informing Canadians of the program.