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School boards suspend use of Bill Blair-linked charitable program over privacy concerns

Posted on December 4, 2019June 24, 2025 by Dissent

Rachel Gilmore reports:

Two Toronto-area school boards have suspended their participation in a charitable program Public Safety Minister Bill Blair helped establish following allegations that children’s personal information wasn’t adequately protected online.

The Ontario privacy commissioner is also looking into the charity’s program.

The news comes just days after CTVNews.ca reported that parents filed an 85-page formal complaint about the charity Merry Go Round Children’s Foundation’s program Kids, Cops and Computers.

Read more on CTV News.

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