Canada: Privacy Commissioner of Canada investigation into Facebook regarding disclosure of user information to Cambridge Analytica

Progress

Current status
under appeal
08 Nov 2024 under appeal
10 Sep 2024 in force
12 May 2023 under appeal
13 Apr 2023 in force
25 Apr 2019 in force

Scope

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

Timeline of events

08 Nov 2024
under appeal

Filed appeal challenging the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision which found Facebook in violation of PIPEDA

On 8 November 2024, Facebook filed an appeal against the ruling issued by the Federal Court of Appeal in the Privacy Commissioner’s case at the Supreme Court of Canada. The ruling relates to violations of the Personal Information Protection and Elec…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type appeal
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
10 Sep 2024
in force

Issued Federal Court of Appeal’s ruling in Privacy Commissioner’s case against Facebook for privacy violations (Canada v Facebook)

On 10 September 2024, the Federal Court of Appeal issued a decision in the Privacy Commissioner’s lawsuit against Facebook for violations of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). In particular, the Court found th…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
12 May 2023
under appeal

Appealed Federal Court dismissal of case against Facebook for alleged privacy violations

On 12 May 2023, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) appealed the dismissal by the Federal Court of a 2019 data protection investigation into Facebook that was conducted jointly by the OPC and and the Office of the Information and …

Source
Event type investigation
Action type appeal
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
13 Apr 2023
in force

Issued judgement by Federal Court dismissing case against Facebook for alleged privacy violations

On 13 April 2023, the Federal Court of Canada issued its judgment dismissing the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's (OPC) claim alleging that Facebook breached the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) thr…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
25 Apr 2019
in force

Issued ruling in investigation into Facebook for alleged privacy violations

On 25 April 2019, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) and Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia closed a joint investigation into Facebook's data protection practices in connection with the access…

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

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