Dodgy digital app marketers under watchdogs’ glares

By Jeremy Hainsworth / Glacier Media
Over-collection of data not just a privacy issue as competition bureau joins fray

Unscrupulous app producers collecting more information than needed from technology users could soon find themselves in a tug of war between the federal Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) and competition bureaus. Make no mistake, though: if either of those agencies finds app creators or others working in the digital economy are fleecing customers or violating their privacy through collecting more data than customers expect, those creators are going to pay for it.…

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June 19, 2019

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