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Federal Court of Appeal rules against Facebook in data collection, privacy dispute.
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Federal Court of Appeal rules against Facebook in data collection, privacy dispute

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By Hannah Daley
| September 11, 2024

A Federal Court of Appeal judge has found that Facebook violated Canada’s private sector privacy law, known as PIPEDA, by failing to get “meaningful consent” from its users when gathering their data, and failing to safeguard that data. 

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