Pornhub Operator Broke Privacy Law by Failing to Ensure Valid Consent, Watchdog Finds

Pornhub Operator Broke Privacy Law by Failing to Ensure Valid Consent, Watchdog Finds
The Pornhub website is shown on a computer screen in Toronto on Dec. 16, 2020. The Canadian Press
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The Montreal-based operator behind Pornhub and other pornographic websites broke the law by enabling intimate images to be shared without direct knowledge or consent, the federal privacy watchdog has found.

The privacy commissioner’s investigation into Aylo, formerly known as MindGeek, followed a complaint from a woman whose ex-boyfriend had uploaded an intimate video and other images of her to Aylo websites without her permission.