Government’s newly proposed privacy policies won’t change how federal political parties use voter data: experts

The federal parties are preparing to go to court to avoid being subject to B.C.’s more stringent privacy laws. Sara Bannerman, an expert on data governance, said if the parties were required to adhere to such laws, 'it could cripple their whole data-fied campaign system.’
Dominic Leblanc
On March 20, Democratic Institutions Minister Dominic LeBlanc introduced Bill C-65, an Act to amend the Canada Elections Act, which includes a section regarding privacy policies for federal political parties.

A section of the government’s new electoral reform law that deals with privacy policies for political parties appears to be designed in response to coming litigation in B.C. involving Canada’s three largest political parties, but it ultimately does not create a more robu...

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