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TikTok collected and used the personal information of hundreds of thousands of children in Canada.

Joint Investigation into TikTok finds abuses with Personal Information of Children – Canadian Privacy Commissioners

In Quebec for example, 40% of children aged 6 to 17 have a TikTok account.

Daily Updates

Sep 281 min read

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada announced last week that a malicious actor was able to gain access to the airline’s systems.

WestJet Hacked – OPC Investigates

The OPC intends to “actively” engage with the airline to ensure that it is taking appropriate steps to respond to the incident, and protect personal information.

Regulatory Decisions

Aug 111 min read

Meta calls the EU’s Ai code of conduct, ‘overreach’.

Meta opposes European Union AI Code of Practice

It’s called the, General Purpose AI Code of Practice or GPAI. The Code was published July 10, 2025, drafted by experts and designed to help industry comply with the AI Act’s obligations for providers of general purpose AI models.

Legislation

Jul 202 min read

Facebook sold customers’ personal information to commercial partners. Meta shareholders sue its company executives for wasting the company’s money

Meta Shareholders recover Billions in Lawsuit against Company’s Officers

Meta shareholders sue its company executives for wasting the company’s money by violating the Agreement and subjecting the company to fines.

Trends Around the World

Jul 172 min read

Anthropic will have to face trial for the pirated materials co-opted by its Ai models.

Ai Training on Copyrighted materials – Court Decision

Class Action filed by media companies, musicians and authors, the California District Court has decided that Anthropic’s Ai scrapping and learning from books and other sources purchased by Anthropic is allowed – however training on pirated copies of materials obtained for free is not.

Jun 251 min read

Canada's Privacy Commissioner will Chair this year's G7 meetings on Privacy Laws

G7 Privacy Law Roundtable

Last year's meetings focused on data scraping, reminding Ai creators that even publicly available personal information is subject to Privacy Laws

Legislation

Jun 111 min read

The Privacy Law world is familiar with the GDPR. What about the EU AI Act?

GDPR has had an enormous impact. Reports say that in 2021/22 alone, over $2 Billion Euros in fines were levied against the likes of Meta, Amazon, Tiktok -

Jun 61 min read