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SCC sets Canadian jurisdiction in Facebook privacy case

News | 06/23/2017 4:50 pm EDT
SCC sets Canadian jurisdiction in Facebook privacy case
The Supreme Court of Canada (Hill Times photo by Andrew Meade).

OTTAWA — Canada’s Supreme Court has ruled that British Columbia has jurisdiction over a privacy case involving Facebook Inc.’s sponsored stories, a decision that experts say could have wider implications for online contracts between consumers and large companies.

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