Canada: Civil lawsuit against Google over the collection and storage of facial biometric data (Situmorang v Google LLC)
Progress
Current status
under investigation
11 Jan 2024 under investigation
Scope
Implementers
Canada
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Issued ruling by Court of Appeal in civil lawsuit against Google over the collection and storage of facial biometric data (Situmorang v Google LLC)
On 11 January 2024, the Canadian Court of Appeal for British Columbia issued its ruling regarding an appeal of the order of the Supreme Court of British Columbia from 24 November 2022 in the civil lawsuit against Google LLC (Google) over the collect…
SourceEvent type
civil lawsuit
Action type
interim ruling
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
court