Source: CTV News, October 31, 2018
Canada’s chief statistician has defended attempts by Statistics Canada to obtain sensitive banking details of more than 500,000 Canadians without their consent.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner has launched an investigation into the move by Statistics Canada, a few hours after the agency invited the commissioner to take a “deeper dive” into its program.
StatCan wants to access to a large sample of Canadian bank customer information as part of a new way to track financial data.
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