Bill C-25’s voter privacy protections ‘vastly inadequate,’ say critics, data can’t be sold, but it can be bought

Changes implemented the bill include making federal parties to submit privacy policies to the Canada's Chief Electoral Office, but critics are argue there are still no meaningful restrictions on what the parties can do with the data they gather.
Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon introduced Bill C-25 in the March.

Bill C-25, which updated the Canada Elections Act, and introduced new privacy obligations for federal political parties, offers no substantial improvements when it comes to safeguarding Canadians' private dat...

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