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OPC signs joint letter to video conferencing platforms about privacy concerns

Briefs | 07/22/2020 4:33 pm EDT
Daniel Therrien at the Sept. 2017 presentation of the privacy commissioner’s annual report./ Hill Times photo by Andrew Meade.

An open letter to online video teleconferencing (VTC) platforms signed by six worldwide privacy agencies, including Canada’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner, is calling on operators to ensure they’re protecting the data and privacy of their users.

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