Canada: Privacy commissioners of Canada issued report finding TikTok violated privacy laws through inappropriate collection of children's data and inadequate user consent practices

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Privacy commissioners of Canada issued report finding TikTok violated privacy laws through inappropriate collection of children's data and inadequate user consent practices

On 23 September 2025, the privacy commissioners of Canada, Québec, British Columbia and Alberta published a joint investigation report finding TikTok violated federal and provincial privacy laws through inappropriate collection of children's data an…

Scope

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

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2023-02-23
under deliberation

On 23 February 2023, the privacy protection authorities of Canada, Quebec, British Columbia, and Al…

2025-09-23
in force

On 23 September 2025, the privacy commissioners of Canada, Québec, British Columbia and Alberta pub…