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Facebook hit by suit from Canadian privacy commissioner over Cambridge Analytica probe

By Mike Swift ( February 6, 2020, 20:49 GMT | Insight) -- Canada’s national privacy commissioner sued Facebook today, asking a national court to order the social media giant to follow the regulator’s recommendations to safeguard Canadians’ data from being improperly leaked to third-party apps. The filing sparked what could be a hard-fought and protracted legal fight between Facebook and Canada’s top privacy regulator over whether the social media giant violated Canada’s national privacy law.Canada's national privacy commissioner sued Facebook today, asking a national court to order the social media giant to follow the regulator's recommendations to safeguard Canadians' data from being improperly leaked to third-party apps....

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