Rodeo FX has appointed Ryan Stasyshyn as the new head of its Toronto office and its offering of visual effects, animation and creative services. Stasyshyn has been part of the production teams for projects including WandaVision, Watchmen, John Wick: Chapter 4, The Handmaid’s Tale, 1923, and Priscilla. Throughout his career, Stasyshyn gained invaluable on-set experience serving as the head of production, head of operations, and managing director.
“In an era where VFX companies are often bought out and focused solely on the bottom line, Rodeo FX stands apart. The company sets a high bar for talent and work, creating an environment that fosters collaboration like I’ve never seen before,” said Stasyshyn.
“With Ryan stepping in as head, we aim to grant the Toronto studio greater autonomy, enabling it to lead its own projects while supporting our headquarters and our other studios with their global initiative,” explained Sebastien Moreau, president and founder of Rodeo FX.
Well known in the Toronto community, Stasyshyn has worked with several of the biggest local studios including Intelligent Creature, Monsters Aliens Robots Zombie and Maverick VFX.
The Toronto studio, which recently finished projects for Netflix, Warner Bros. and Nissan Canada, marks the fifth international location of Rodeo FX, along with Montreal, Quebec City, Los Angeles and Paris.
South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users
South Korea's privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with thousands of advertisers.
It was the latest in a series of penalties against Meta by South Korean authorities in recent years as they increase their scrutiny of how the company, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, handles private information.
Following a four-year investigation, South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission concluded that Meta unlawfully collected sensitive information about around 980,000 Facebook users, including their religion, political views and whether they were in same-sex unions, from July 2018 to March 2022.
It said the company shared the data with around 4,000 advertisers.
South Korea's privacy law provides strict protection for information related to personal beliefs, political views and sexual behavior, and bars companies from processing or using such data without the specific consent of the person involved.
The commission said Meta amassed sensitive information by analyzing the pages the Facebook users liked or the advertisements they clicked on.
The company categorized ads to identify users interested in themes such as specific religions, same-sex and transgender issues, and issues related to North Korean escapees, said Lee Eun Jung, a director at the commission who led the investigation on Meta.
"While Meta collected this sensitive information and used it for individualized services, they made only vague mentions of this use in their data policy and did not obtain specific consent," Lee said.
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