RCMP looks into CRA and government inaction on privacy: CBC's Marketplace consumer cheat sheet


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Miss something this week? Don’t panic. CBC’s Marketplace rounds adult a consumer and health news we need.


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RCMP questioning CRA scam


The RCMP has launched “at slightest one really poignant inquisitive operation” into a CRA phone scam after a months-long investigation. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale reliable a RCMP is co-ordinating with general officials to close down a scam, that has stolen some-more than $10 million.


Ticketmaster category action



A class-action lawsuit is in a works opposite Ticketmaster for cost gouging following a CBC News/Toronto Star review alleging a association runs a veteran scalper module regulating a reseller site, that allows Ticketmaster to distinction from additional fees. Ticketmaster says it’s “categorically untrue.”


There are category movement lawsuits in a works for cost gouging following a CBC News/Toronto Star review alleging Ticketmaster runs a scalper program. (Paul Sakuma/Associated Press)


Privacy commissioner slams government


Canada’s remoteness commissioner criticized a supervision for holding little to no movement after a Equifax and Facebook/Cambridge Analytica remoteness breaches. Daniel Therrien pronounced a supervision launched a conference routine rather than strengthening laws and giving his bureau a required powers to make orders, levy fines and lift out inspections.


Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien criticized a government’s inaction following large remoteness breaches observant it launched consultations instead of changing laws. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)


Pilots confused before nearby disaster



A news says commander difficulty was a means of near-miss for Air Canada craft final year. The craft came within 3 to 6 metres of crashing into a craft on a runway in San Francisco in Jul 2017. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board cited other mistakes and organisation tired as contributing factors.


This video still from a NTSB shows Air Canada 759 drifting only above a taxiway as it prepared to land in San Francisco in Jul 2017. The craft scarcely collided with others watchful for takeoff. (NTSB)


What else is going on




A happy WestJet patron was destined to a self-murder hotline. The patron was praising a airline’s staff on Facebook Messenger for assisting her ride a new tender plant, when a chatbot responded with information for a Canada Association for Suicide Prevention. The programmed response was approaching triggered by a patron referring to a plant “cutting.”



Sobeys’ primogenitor association has purchased Farm Boy. The understanding will see some Sobeys locations become Farm Boy stores and other new locations open. Company officials contend Farm Boy’s business is approaching to double.


This week in recalls



The shade on this Ikea light could fall; The joints on these dolls could mangle and poise a choking hazard; This outdoor oil doesn’t accommodate labelling standards; These liquid diet products could have bacterial contamination; These microgreens may be infested with listeria; These cleaning products don’t have correct jeopardy labels.



Watch this week: Home Hack  


Smart Homes concede programmed control of all from lights and thatch to fate and cameras, TVs and temperature, with a guarantee of increasing preference and confidence — though Marketplace reveals a some-more inclination we have, a some-more exposed we could be.



Article source: http://www.france24.com/en/20170227-life-after-guantanamo-tale-two-afghan-friends


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