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Canva Privacy Concerns Around Personal Data Monitoring

User alleges Canva engages in invasive personal data collection and backend monitoring without providing technical evidence. Privacy concerns around design tools are a real category but this report lacks specifics. Low-signal warning without verifiable claims.

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