Last week, the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN)
released the results from their third annual Privacy Sweep.
Twenty-nine privacy enforcement authorities spread across 21
countries reviewed 1,494 websites and mobile applications (apps)
either targeted to or popular among children – the theme of
this year's sweep.
Canadian regulators participating in the international sweep
included the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC),
the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta
and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of
British Columbia, who focussed their review on websites and apps
based in Canada.
Among the overall findings by GPEN, 67% of the websites and apps
examined collected personal information from children, such as
names, photos, videos, audio, addresses and phone numbers.
