Decision, in a de novo hearing, turned on lack of evidence related to “inadequate consent”

On April 13, 2023, the Federal Court of Canada released an important decision as part of the still ongoing saga related to the “Cambridge Analytica” incident involving Facebook. The decision by Justice Manson follows the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s application for a determination that Facebook had violated the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. 

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