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Explore our collection of fact-checked claims and detailed analyses on various topics.
Fact Check: Information about your activity on this service can be stored and combined with other information about you
# Fact Check: "Information about your activity on this service can be stored and combined with other information about you" ## What We Know The claim that "Information about your activity on this ser...
Fact Check: Your data can be used to monitor for and prevent unusual and possibly fraudulent activity
# Fact Check: "Your data can be used to monitor for and prevent unusual and possibly fraudulent activity" ## What We Know The claim that "Your data can be used to monitor for and prevent unusual and ...
Fact Check: Information regarding which advertising is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine how well an advert has worked for you
# Fact Check: "Information regarding which advertising is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine how well an advert has worked for you" ## What We Know The claim that ...
Fact Check: Tam credits family, friends, and neighbors for providing support during her stressful tenure.
# Fact Check: "Tam credits family, friends, and neighbors for providing support during her stressful tenure." ## What We Know The claim that Dr. Theresa Tam credits her family, friends, and neighbors...
Fact Check: The choices you make regarding the purposes and entities listed in this notice are saved and made available to those entities in the form of digital signals
# Fact Check: "The choices you make regarding the purposes and entities listed in this notice are saved and made available to those entities in the form of digital signals" ## What We Know The claim ...
Fact Check: Youth and young adults are mostly getting their information from social media and cyberspace.
# Fact Check: "Youth and young adults are mostly getting their information from social media and cyberspace." ## What We Know Recent studies indicate a significant reliance on social media and digita...
Fact Check: Your precise location (within a radius of less than 500 metres) may be used
# Fact Check: "Your precise location (within a radius of less than 500 metres) may be used" ## What We Know The claim that "your precise location (within a radius of less than 500 metres) may be used...
Fact Check: Tam's position as chief public health officer began in June 2017.
# Fact Check: "Tam's position as chief public health officer began in June 2017." ## What We Know Theresa Tam is the current Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) of Canada, having been appointed to thi...
Fact Check: Cookie duration: 365 (days)
# Fact Check: "Cookie duration: 365 (days)" ## What We Know The claim that cookie duration is "365 days" pertains to the lifespan of cookies used on websites. Cookies are small files created by websi...