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Canadian Privacy Commissioner to investigate Ticketmaster breach

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Ticketmaster Canada holds personal information on millions of Canadians.

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) is investigating Ticketmaster Canada as a response to the big data ransomware attack in May that affected 560 million customers worldwide.

The investigation began as a response to a complaint, and the OPC will look into how Ticketmaster complied with the federal private-sector privacy law,

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