Privacy regulators in Canada have determined that Facebook broke local privacy laws by mishandling user data. On Thursday, the regulators announced that they would be taking the company to court to force it to change how it protects consumer privacy.
“Facebook’s refusal to act responsibly is deeply troubling given the vast amount of sensitive personal information users have entrusted to this company,” says Daniel Therrien, privacy commissioner of Canada. “Their privacy framework was empty, and their vague terms were so elastic that they were not meaningful for privacy protection.”
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada opened its investigation into Facebook’s privacy practices following the Cambridge Analytica scandal last…
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