Canada: Office of the Privacy Commissioner investigation into OpenAI ChatGPT's data processing practices
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Canadian privacy authorities concluded joint investigation into OpenAI OpCo for alleged violations of Canadian private sector privacy laws
On 6 May 2026, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) and its provincial counterparts in Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta issued findings following the investigation into OpenAI’s data collection and processing practices. The authorities …
SourceAnnounced OPC and Provincial Data Protection Authorities investigation into ChatGPT's data processing practices
On 25 May 2023, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia, the Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec, and the Office of the Information and Privacy Comm…
SourceAnnounced Office of the Privacy Commissioner investigation into OpenAI ChatGPT's data processing practices
On 4 April 2023, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) opened an investigation into the data processing practices of OpenAI platform ChatGPT. The OPC stated that it opened the investigation following a complaint it received, claimin…
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