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Home Depot Canada routinely shared customer data with Facebook owner, privacy commissioner finds

Toronto Star – Canada

By Josh Rubin

January 26, 2023

Home Depot Canada routinely shared customer data with Facebook parent company Meta without obtaining proper consent, according to an investigation by the federal privacy commissioner.

“It is unlikely that Home Depot customers would have expected that their personal information would be shared with a third party social media platform simply because they opted for an electronic receipt,” commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in a press release Thursday.

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