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Home Depot Canada routinely shared customer data with Facebook owner, privacy commissioner finds
https://www.thestar.com/business/2023/01/26/home-depot-canada-routinely-shared-customer-data-with-facebook-owner-privacy-commissioner-finds.htmlHome Depot Canada routinely shared customer data with Facebook owner, privacy commissioner finds
Investigation finds Home Depot collected email addresses for electronic receipts and sent data to Meta without obtaining proper consent from customers.
By Josh Rubin, Business Reporter
Thu., Jan. 26, 2023
4 min. read
Article was updated 11 hrs ago
Home Depot Canada routinely shared customer data with Facebook parent company Meta without obtaining proper consent, according to an investigation by the federal privacy commissioner.
“It is unlikely that Home Depot customers would have expected that their personal information would be shared with a third party social media platform simply because they opted for an electronic receipt,” commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in a press release Thursday.
In a press conference, Dufresne said Home Depot’s practice was a clear breach of the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
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Investigation finds Home Depot collected email addresses for electronic receipts and sent data to Meta without obtaining proper consent from customers.
By Josh Rubin, Business Reporter
Thu., Jan. 26, 2023
4 min. read
Article was updated 11 hrs ago
Home Depot Canada routinely shared customer data with Facebook parent company Meta without obtaining proper consent, according to an investigation by the federal privacy commissioner.
“It is unlikely that Home Depot customers would have expected that their personal information would be shared with a third party social media platform simply because they opted for an electronic receipt,” commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in a press release Thursday.
In a press conference, Dufresne said Home Depot’s practice was a clear breach of the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
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