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OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – The Canadian federal government’s much-maligned ArriveCAN app is being investigated by a federal privacy commissioner due to a protest.
According to an email from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the office has “received and is currently investigating a complaint that raises concerns with respect to the collection of personal information through ArriveCAN and subsequent use of that information.”
The Commissioner’s Office at this time will not say where the complaint originated from.
The investigation into the travel app, which one MP recently dubbed as nothing more than a “worthless” tool to “track” Canadians, is still “ongoing,” the Commissioner’s Office said
ArriveCAN was launched in April 2020 by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and made mandatory in November 2020.
“If you don’t submit your travel information and proof of vaccination using ArriveCAN, you could be fined $5,000,” the government says.
Critics of ArriveCAN for
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