Canadian privacy advocates say bill prizes profit over biometrics protections

Civil liberty advocates in Canada have taken aim at proposed consumer privacy protection legislation, which has been making its way through Parliament since its first reading in June 2022, for being too vague.

As written, according to the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Parliament would be giving organizations – primarily businesses – a blank check in critical activity involving facial recognition.

Bill C-27 is being opposed by the Right2YourFace Coalition, which includes the CCLA, International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group …

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