Canada privacy watchdog taking Facebook to court

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s privacy czar is taking Facebook to court after finding the social-media giant’s lax practices allowed personal information to be used for political purposes.
A joint report from privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien and his British Columbia counterpart released Thursday says it uncovered major shortcomings in Facebook’s procedures and called for stronger laws to protect Canadians.
The commissioners expressed dismay that Facebook had rebuffed