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Pornhub parent company broke privacy law by failing to obtain valid consent for content uploads: OPC

News | 03/01/2024 5:38 pm EST
OPC calls for changes to Bill C-27
Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne on Jan. 26, 2023.

The Montreal-based company behind Pornhub and other major adult websites broke Canada’s privacy law by sharing intimate content on its platforms without obtaining valid consent from those depicted, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) has found. 

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