The federal privateness watchdog says the operator behind Pornhub and different pornographic websites broke the legislation by enabling intimate photographs to be shared on its web sites with out direct information or consent.
Insufficient privateness protections have led to devastating penalties, commissioner finds
The federal privateness watchdog says the operator behind Pornhub and different pornographic websites broke the legislation by enabling intimate photographs to be shared on its web sites with out direct information or consent.
The privateness commissioner’s investigation into Aylo, previously generally known as MindGeek, adopted a grievance from a girl whose ex-boyfriend had uploaded an intimate video and different photographs of her to Aylo web sites with out her permission.
Commissioner Philippe Dufresne stated insufficient privateness safety measures on Pornhub and different Aylo websites have led to devastating penalties for the complainant and different victims.
He stated that given the large dangers concerned, Aylo should take steps to make sure it solely posts intimate photographs and movies with the direct information and consent of everybody showing within the content material.
The investigation additionally discovered that folks confronted an onerous and ineffective course of once they requested Aylo to take away content material that had been posted with out their consent.
Dufresne made a number of suggestions geared toward bringing Aylo into compliance with Canada’s federal private-sector privateness legislation, however he stated the corporate has not dedicated to implementing any of them.
