Does Canada Post sell personal information to third parties?
2019-03-06
By Nathan Hoo and Johann Kwan with research by Stéphane MacLean Over sixteen years ago, Canada Post was criticized by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada for failing to adhere to its obligations under the Privacy Act. At the time, the Privacy Commissioner found that Canada Post violated the Privacy ActRead More →
Statistics Canada’s participation in commercial data broker activities
2019-01-14
By Nathan Hoo with research from Rex Yeung Many Canadians only think of Statistics Canada (StatCan) as the agency that asks them to fill out a census every five years, but its powers and mandate extend beyond this. StatCan’s mandate under the Statistics Act is “to collect, compile, analyse, abstractRead More →