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Home Depot disclosed personal information without valid consent

On 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.

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Facebook class action goes ahead

On 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.

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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.

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