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Facebook still violates Canada’s privacy laws?

Posted on July 15, 2009July 3, 2025 by Dissent

The popular social networking website Facebook hasn’t always properly guarded the privacy rights of its users and could still be in violation of some provisions of Canadian law, the country’s privacy commissioner is expected to announce Thursday after a 13-month investigation.

Jennifer Stoddart launched the probe last year after the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic at the University of Ottawa filed a complaint, alleging Facebook violated 22 provisions of Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.

Read more on Ottawa Citizen.

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