Canadian agency asks federal court to declare Facebook broke privacy law

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Canadian agency asks federal court to declare Facebook broke privacy law

Demands new consent measures for Facebook.

Canada's privacy commissioner asked a federal court to declare that Facebook had broken federal privacy law for the private sector, according to a notice of application filed on Thursday. The application also asked for an order requiring Facebook to "implement effective, specific and easily ...

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