Canada: Office of the Privacy Commissioner investigation into X over alleged collection, use, and disclosure of Canadians' personal information to train artificial intelligence models

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
27 Feb 2025 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Canada
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

27 Feb 2025
under deliberation

Office of the Privacy Commissioner opened investigation into X over its alleged collection, use, and disclosure of Canadians’ personal information to train artificial intelligence models

On 27 February 2025, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) opened an investigation into social media platform X following a complaint regarding its handling of personal information. The investigation will assess compliance with the …

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority

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