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Canada’s Political Party Privacy Hall of Shame

The top privacy breaches of all time by political parties
Image for How do they score? We rated the new privacy policies of all the major parties – and every single one failed on key best practices.

How do they score? We rated the new privacy policies of all the major parties – and every single one failed on key best practices.

Canada’s political parties have failed to meet basic privacy expectations. Now we’re calling on them to protect personal information and empower citizens. 
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72% of people in Canada support stronger privacy rules for political parties

A vast majority of Canadians support changing the law so that political parties follow the same privacy rules as private companies. But politicians remain keen to keep the exemptions that they have given themselves.
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“Cambridge Analytica is the canary in the coal mine”, says whistleblower Christopher Wylie

Yesterday, Christopher Wylie, former director of research at Cambridge Analytica, testified before a Canadian parliamentary committee and answered questions on the state of privacy, including a crowdsourced question from our community.

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