Federal departments violated privacy directive, committee hears

Canada's privacy commissioner appeared Thursday before a parliamentary committee looking into the federal government's use of tools capable of extracting personal data from mobile phones, computers and tablets.

Federal departments violated privacy directive, committee hears
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Canada's privacy commissioner appeared Thursday before a parliamentary committee looking into the federal government's use of tools capable of extracting personal data from mobile phones, computers and tablets.