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Comment: Facebook correspondence with Canadian regulator opens window into collapse of Cambridge Analytica settlement talks

By Mike Swift
  • 16 Nov 2022 00:08
  • 16 Nov 2022 00:08
In December 2018, senior officials with Canada’s national privacy regulator and the provincial regulator for British Columbia prepared detailed notes for a private meeting with Facebook in Gatineau, Quebec, to present their preliminary conclusion that the US company had violated Canada’s national privacy law.
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Mike Swift

Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent


Mike Swift is an award-winning journalist who has been at the forefront of covering data, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory news for more than a decade. As the Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent for MLex, in addition to reporting, he coordinates MLex’s worldwide coverage in the practice area. Formerly chief Internet reporter for the San Jose Mercury News and SiliconValley.com, Mike has covered Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Twitter and other tech companies and has closely tracked technology and regulatory trends in Silicon Valley. He has wide ranging expertise from the business of professional sports to computer-assisted reporting. A former John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University, he is a graduate of Colby College.

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