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
14 Jan 2026 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
Office of the Privacy Commissioner expanded investigation into X over data protection concerns pertaining to Grok's AI-generated deepfakes
On 14 January 2026, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada expanded an ongoing investigation into X Corp pertaining to the use of the Grok chatbot to create sexualised Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated deepfake images. The investigati…
SourceEvent type
investigation
Action type
announcement
Government branch
executive
Government body
data protection authority
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 …
SourceEvent type
investigation
Action type
announcement
Government branch
executive
Government body
data protection authority