Canada: Canadian Competition Bureau Investigation into Facebook for Alleged False or Misleading Representations About Disclosure of Personal Information

Progress

Current status
in force
19 May 2020 in force

Scope

Implementers
Canada
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
platform intermediary: other
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

19 May 2020
in force

Announced settlement between Canadian Competition Bureau and Facebook regarding false or misleading representations about the disclosure of personal information

On 19 May 2020, the Canadian Competition Bureau reached an agreement with Facebook concerning false or misleading representations about the disclosure of personal information. Facebook is forced to pay a fine of CAD 9 million, as well as cover the c…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type ruling
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority