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Facebook moves to throttle investigation of Canadian privacy regulator in Cambridge Analytica probe

By Mike Swift
  • 20 Jul 2020 17:53
  • 20 Jul 2020 17:53
Facebook is moving aggressively to nullify a bid by Canada’s privacy commissioner to force the social media giant to change its personal data-sharing practices in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data breach, likely setting up a confrontation in a national court in Ottawa this fall.
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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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