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Data-Driven Elections And Political Parties In Canada: Privacy Implications, Privacy Policies And Privacy Obligations, Colin J. Bennett
Data-Driven Elections And Political Parties In Canada: Privacy Implications, Privacy Policies And Privacy Obligations, Colin J. Bennett
Canadian Journal of Law and Technology
In light of the revelations concerning Cambridge Analytica, we are now in an era of heightened publicity and concern about the role of voter analytics in elections. Parties in Canada need to enhance their privacy management practices and commit to complying with national privacy principles in all their operations. As shown in this article’s comparative analysis of the privacy policies of federal and provincial political parties in Canada, policies are often difficult to find, unclear, and, with a couple of exceptions, do not address all the privacy principles. Accountability and complaints mechanisms are often not clearly publicized, and many are …