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| Name = Canon Inc. | | Name = Canon Inc. | ||
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| Logo = Canon wordmark.svg.png | | Logo = Canon wordmark.svg.png | ||
}}'''[[wikipedia:Canon_Inc.|Canon Inc.]]''' is a Japanese multinational corporation specializing in optical, imaging, and industrial products, such as lenses, cameras, medical equipment, scanners, printers, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.<ref>[[wikipedia:Canon_Inc.|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_Inc.]]</ref> | }}'''[[wikipedia:Canon_Inc.|Canon Inc.]]''' is a Japanese multinational corporation specializing in optical, imaging, and industrial products, such as lenses, cameras, medical equipment, scanners, printers, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment.<ref>[[wikipedia:Canon_Inc.|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_Inc.]]</ref> | ||
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== Consumer impact summary == | |||
{{Placeholder box|Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable): | |||
* User Freedom | |||
* User Privacy | |||
* Business Model | |||
* Market Control}} | |||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
===Webcam Utility subscription (2025)=== | ===Webcam Utility subscription (2025)=== | ||
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After an update the app notified users that they would soon be required to to create an online account which lets Canon access a wide range of user information. Following that, the same app, added a requirement of full access to the user’s photo library in order to transfer photos from the camera. | After an update the app notified users that they would soon be required to to create an online account which lets Canon access a wide range of user information. Following that, the same app, added a requirement of full access to the user’s photo library in order to transfer photos from the camera. | ||
=== Lack of Driver Support for Legacy Scanners === | ===Lack of Driver Support for Legacy Scanners=== | ||
Many scanners made by Canon become unusable solely due to them not offering current drivers for many older models that are officially out of warranty/support. This leaves customers who upgrade their operating system without an official path for continuing to use their physically perfectly functional device. It also makes it difficult to buy and use second hand scanners with up-to-date computers. | Many scanners made by Canon become unusable solely due to them not offering current drivers for many older models that are officially out of warranty/support. This leaves customers who upgrade their operating system without an official path for continuing to use their physically perfectly functional device. It also makes it difficult to buy and use second hand scanners with up-to-date computers. | ||
This can be remedied by using scanning software that communicates directly with the scanner by re-implementing the proprietary Canon protocol without relying on the official Canon drivers. Such software includes [https://www.hamrick.com/ VueScan] (Windows, macOS and Linux), as well as the SANE scanning subsystem under Linux. | This can be remedied by using scanning software that communicates directly with the scanner by re-implementing the proprietary Canon protocol without relying on the official Canon drivers. Such software includes [https://www.hamrick.com/ VueScan] (Windows, macOS and Linux), as well as the SANE scanning subsystem under Linux. | ||
== Products == | |||
{{Placeholder box|This is a list of the company's product lines '''with articles on this wiki'''. | |||
* [[Example product line one]] (release date): Short summary of the product's incidents. | |||
* [[Example product line two]] (release date):}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Canon]] | [[Category:Canon]] | ||