Feds Declined Offer From Privacy Commissioner for Advice on Collection of Phone Data

Feds Declined Offer From Privacy Commissioner for Advice on Collection of Phone Data
Privacy Commissioner of Canada Daniel Therrien listens to a question during a news conference, Dec. 9, 2021 in Ottawa. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—The federal privacy commissioner says his offer to advise the government on the implications of collecting data from millions of mobile phones during the COVID-19 pandemic was rebuffed.

Daniel Therrien told a House of Commons committee this week that he offered to review how the data was being anonymized, but the government consulted its own privacy advisers instead.