#PrivacyCommissioner
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🇨🇦 EDMONTON POLICE LAUNCH AI FACIAL RECOGNITION PILOT AMID PRIVACY DISPUTE 🇨🇦

#EPS has begun testing #Biometric #Bodycams, claiming they don't need prior approval.

Alberta’s #PrivacyCommissioner disagrees, warning there is "no exception" for test runs.

CBC News reports.
#YEG #Privacy #AI
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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🙈🙉🙊 ALBERTA'S SOLAR SURVEY SECRECY 🙈🙉🙊

Alberta's privacy commissioner has launched reviews into the government's withholding of renewable energy survey results.

When Postmedia requested data, they received over 300 pages of entirely redacted records.
#ABpoli #ABleg #UCP #PrivacyCommissioner
April 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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🇨🇦 🚨 #PRIVACYCOMMISSIONER WARNS #BILL11 FAILS TO PROTECT #ALBERTANS

#DianeMcLeod says the sweeping #Healthcare bill leaves sensitive data vulnerable. She flags risks in #DataSharing, #AI use, and new #HealthCard rules.

Zoe Mason reports...
#AbLeg #Privacy #Bill11 #Alberta #PublicHealth
December 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
3/8 CITIZENSHIP MARKERS ON IDs

The bill makes it mandatory for Canadian #citizenship and public #health-care numbers to be included on driver's licences/IDs by mid-2026.

Premier #Smith says this prioritizes citizens for services.

👉 The #PrivacyCommissioner has previously expressed concerns. 👈
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
👇🇨🇦"Privacy Commissioner probe finds Loblaw took too long to delete PC Optimum accounts" #Loblaw
#PCOptimum #PrivacyCommissioner
Privacy Commissioner probe finds Loblaw took too long to delete PC Optimum accounts
An investigation by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has found that Loblaw took too long to address requests from customers who wanted to delete their PC Optimum accounts.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 6, 2026 at 2:49 PM
who remembers #robocalls scandal and the s. Ontario stooge who took the fall for them - instead of federal (and federally-aspirational) Conservative leadership and candidates -, way back when. #Charter #PrivacyCommissioner #Canada
Many Ontarians have reported receiving text messages from Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford. The party has also confirmed it sends text messages, but it has not indicated how it accesses Ontario residents’ cellphone numbers.

Here’s what Ontario’s privacy watchdog says about unsolicited messages.
Got a text from an Ontario election candidate? Here’s what Ontario’s privacy watchdog says about unsolicited messages
Many Ontarians have reported receiving text messages from Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford. The party has also confirmed it sends text messages, but it has not indicated how it accesses Ontario residents’ ...
www.thestar.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
6/10 Information and Privacy Commissioner Diane McLeod tried to warn the government about the negative impact on public access.

Her advice? Ignored.

McLeod has also found that internal government policies actually violate Alberta's own access to information law.
#PrivacyCommissioner #Violations
June 26, 2025 at 6:08 AM
@anniegirl.bsky.social The Federal #PrivacyCommissioner is hearing all about the #ABDataBreach & is taking it very seriously.😌
May 8, 2026 at 5:26 AM