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Canadian website publishing debtors’ personal info pulls plug after lawsuit

Posted on January 20, 2018June 25, 2025 by Dissent

Beatrice Britneff reports:

The man behind a website that named and shamed debtors who owe money as a result of court judgments resisted the Ontario government’s request that he “cease and desist” — but ultimately backed down after the federal privacy watchdog took him to Federal Court.

Until December last year, publicexecutions.ca would publish names and other personal information linked to people who were successfully sued but still owe money — in exchange for a fee ranging from $25 to $100.

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