Media Advisory

Federal and B.C. privacy commissioners to release investigative findings into Facebook

OTTAWA – The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia will hold a joint news conference to release their Report of Findings following their Facebook investigation involving Cambridge Analytica.

News conference details:

Date: Thursday, April 25, 2019
Time: 11 a.m. ET
Where: National Press Theatre, 150 Wellington Street, Ottawa

Journalists who wish to attend the news conference in person and who are not members of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery will require accreditation from the gallery in advance. For more information, contact Pierre.Cuguen@parl.gc.ca

Call-in information:

Journalists outside Ottawa may call to join the news conference:

Toll-free dial-in number (Canada/US): 1-877-413-4815
Local dial-in number: 613-954-9003
Participant passcode: 3715864#

Be advised that the news conference is only open to accredited journalists.

Note: A press release and the Report of findings will be available on the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s website an hour before the news conference.

For more information, please contact:

Tobi Cohen
Tobi.Cohen@priv.gc.ca