This sub is to discuss issues related to digital privacy in Canada.
The Ontario government says it will close a number of ServiceOntario centres and open new locations in select Staples Canada stores.
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/12542615
Staples is owned by New York private equity firm Sycamore Partners who also owns brands such as Hot Topic, Pure Fishing, and Rona.
Libby/overdrive, the library app, shares your data with 3rd parties
I'm not sure if others countries use Libby
undefinedWe may anonymize certain PII and share it in an aggregated form with third parties in order to analyze Service usage, improve the Service, or for other similar purposes. Such information is anonymous and cannot be used to identify you. The use and disclosure of such anonymous information is not subject to any restrictions under this Privacy Policy.
We may also use third parties to process information you willingly submit to OverDrive, such as Alchemer (fka SurveyGizmo, https://www.alchemer.com/) for product and experience surveys, OnceHub (https://www.oncehub.com/) for meeting scheduling, and Salesforce (https://www.salesforce.com/) for customer administration and support.
Third parties may utilize OverDrive’s APIs to integrate their application(s) with OverDrive-hosted digital content collections to promote the discovery and circulation of digital content. OverDrive APIs may use Google Analytics (https://analytics.google.com/) to t
Government submitted 2,327 requests for user data in 2021, up from 249 in 2016
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/392649
Time to jump ship from Google products?
The wholesome Canadian chain caused a scandal when its privacy violation was revealed, and now it's proposing a free coffee and a baked good as restitution.
