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Mike Swift

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  • Chief Global Digital Risk Correspondent, MLex
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Journalist at global crossroad of tech & law, focused on privacy, security. Chief Digital Risk Correspondent for @MLexclusive. Frmr @JSKStanford: swift@mlex.com
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Canadian privacy commissioner eyes fines, consent changes in Facebook case

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By Mike Swift Verified
| MLex Verified
Philippe Dufresne, who heads the Office of the Privacy Commission of Canada, sat down with MLex on the sidelines of an international privacy conference for an exclusive interview on his view of possible next steps in the OPC's litigation against Facebook, and his view of the potential of Canada adopting a ban on social media use by young teenagers, as Australia has done.
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EU cybersecurity regulator sees common cause with US, despite federal absence at RSA

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By Mike Swift Verified
| MLex Verified
By Mike Swift ( March 25, 2026, 22:42 GMT | Insight) -- While US federal cybersecurity regulators were a no-show at this week's RSA conference in San Francisco, a key EU regulator who attended the conference said she's hopeful that the many common cybersecurity issues between the US and EU will "very soon" lead to renewed dialogue across the Atlantic.While more than 40,000 cybersecurity professionals thronged San Francisco Wednesday for the annual RSA conference, including multiple EU...
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Canadian privacy commissioner claims against Facebook reach nation's top court

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By Mike Swift Verified
| MLex Verified
By Mike Swift ( March 19, 2026, 21:30 GMT | Insight) -- Six years after the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada sued Facebook on claims that the social media company's data sharing practices with apps prior to 2015 violated the nation's national privacy law and led to the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, the case finally reached the Supreme Court of Canada Thursday.
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