• First Reference
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • 24th Annual Ontario Employment Law Conference 📣
  • Blog Signup 📨

First Reference Talks

Discussions on Human Resources, Employment Law, Payroll and Internal Controls

  • Home
  • About
  • Archives
  • Resources
  • Buy Policies

facebook

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 6 Minutes Read March 24, 2023

Home Depot disclosed personal information without valid consent

Picture of key on keyboardOn January 26, 2023, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) found that Home Depot disclosed a customer’s personal information to Facebook (now Meta) without his knowledge or consent contrary to PIPEDA. Consequently, Home Depot needed to implement the OPC’s recommendations, which it did following the investigation.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Privacy / consent, consent fatigue, data sharing, express or implied consent, facebook, form of consent, Home Depot, meaningful consent, Meta, offline activity, personal information, PIPEDA, privacy, valid consent Leave a Comment

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 5 Minutes Read March 17, 2023

Facebook class action goes ahead

digital discriminationOn December 22, 2022, the Quebec Court of Appeal decided to allow a class action to proceed where there was an allegation that Facebook allowed for advertisers to discriminate against Quebec users on the prohibited grounds of age, race and gender in relation to advertising for employment and housing.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Business, Employee Relations, Human Rights, Information Technology / class action, Digital Advertising, digital discrimination, discrimination, employment law, facebook, facebook advertising, human rights, Job advertisement, prohibited grounds of discrimination, Quebec, Quebec Court of Appeal, targeted ads Leave a Comment

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 4 Minutes Read January 20, 2023

Hefty GDPR fine for Meta

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has just been fined €265 million (about $275 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (Commission) following an inquiry that commenced in April, 2021.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Privacy / data protection, facebook, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Meta, personal data, personal information, PIPEDA, privacy, privacy by design, safeguards, security breach Leave a Comment

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 21
  • Go to Next Page »

Footer

About us

Established in 1995, First Reference is the leading publisher of up to date, practical and authoritative HR compliance and policy databases that are essential to ensure organizations meet their due diligence and duty of care requirements.

First Reference Talks

  • Home
  • About
  • Archives
  • Resources
  • Buy Policies

Main Menu

  • About First Reference
  • Resources
  • Contact us
  • 1 800 750 8175

Stay Connected

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

We welcome your comments on our blog articles. However, we do not respond to specific legal questions in this space.
We do not provide any form of legal advice or legal opinion. Please consult a lawyer in your jurisdiction or try one of our products.


Copyright © 2009 - 2023 · First Reference Inc. · All Rights Reserved
Legal and Copyright Notices · Publisher's Disclaimer · Privacy Policy · Accessibility Policy