Canada's federal privacy watchdog plans to take Facebook to court following an investigation that found the social media giant broke a number of privacy laws and failed to take responsibility for protecting Canadians' personal information. counterpart, Michael McEvoy, joined forces last spring to investigate the roles of Facebook and the Canadian company AggregateIQ in the scandal involving the British firm Cambridge Analytica. Information and Privacy Commissioner Michael McEvoy and Privacy Commissioner of Canada Daniel Therrien say that Canada is lagging behind many global communities when it comes to privacy laws. Both commissioners are using Thursday's report to call for stronger sanctioning powers for provincial and federal privacy regulators. Minister of Democratic Institutions Karina Gould joined Power & Politics Thursday to discuss a privacy watchdog report that found Facebook had violated Canadian privacy law.

Source: CBC News April 25, 2019 13:11 UTC