Says Emergency Is No Excuse

Emergency powers invoked against the Freedom Convoy were no excuse for privacy breaches, the federal privacy commissioner said yesterday. “Privacy protection is not just a set of technical rules,” Commissioner Philippe Dufresne wrote a parliamentary committee: “Even in an emergency, public institutions must continue to operate under lawful authority.”

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