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Supreme Court of Canada to hear Facebook privacy case

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Supreme Court of Canada to hear Facebook privacy case.

Facebook broke federal privacy law by failing to adequately inform users of risks to their data.

Federal Court of Appeal found Facebook did not obtain meaningful consent required by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act between 2013 and 2015 .

Decision overturned a 2023 Federal Court ruling.

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