Alberta MPs, Senators call for stricter privacy laws in wake of ‘egregious, horrific’ Alberta data breach

'It’s a security concern for people like me who are in the public eye and who deal with angry constituents all the time,' says Alberta Senator Paula Simons of an Elections Alberta data leak that exposed the personal details of nearly three million people.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government passed amendments to the province's elections laws in 2025, requiring Elections Alberta to have reasonable grounds to believe an offence took place before investigating, which the agency said prohibited them from investigating the data breach when it was first flagged. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ELEANOR WAND

May 8, 2026

Some Alberta parliamentarians are calling for stricter privacy laws after an Alberta Elections data breach exposed the personal data of millions of citizens—including their own—raising considerable safety concerns.

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