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Canada: OPC and ICO joint investigation into 23andMe's compliance with cybersecurity regulations

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
10 Jun 2024 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Canada
United Kingdom
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cybersecurity regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
other service provider
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
bi- or plurilateral agreement

Timeline of events

10 Jun 2024
under deliberation

Announced OPC and ICO joint investigation into 23andMe's compliance with cybersecurity regulations

On 10 June 2024, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) announced that they had launched a joint investigation with the United Kingdom Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) into the data breach that was discovered in October 2023 a…

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

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