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Complainant Gary Dickson had argued the Liberal, Conservative and New Democratic parties were violating the private-sector privacy law by not properly informing Canadians how they collect, use and disclose their personal information.
He said the parties use such information to conduct political advertising, including micro-targeted ads based on detailed profiles of individuals.
Dickson, a former Saskatchewan information and privacy commissioner, was supported in his complaint by the Centre for Digital Rights, established by businessman and philanthropist Jim Balsillie.
Therrien says while the law should govern political parties to better protect privacy and democratic rights, he must apply the statute as it stands today.
Privacy watchdog closes file on complaint against federal political parties
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Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. The federal privacy watchdog has closed the file on a complaint about the data-harvesting practices of three national political parties, saying federal privacy law does not apply to the activities in question because they are not commercial in nature. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
OTTAWA – The federal privacy watchdog has closed the file on a complaint about the data-harvesting practices of three national political parties.
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Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. The federal privacy watchdog has closed the file on a complaint about the data-harvesting practices of three national political parties, saying federal privacy law does not apply to the activities in question because they are not commercial in nature. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld May 13, 2021 - 2:40 PM
OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog has closed the file on a complaint about the data-harvesting practices of three national political parties.
Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien says the federal law governing personal information does not apply to the parties activities because they are not commercial in nature.
The federal government s planned private sector privacy law reforms, promised to give Canadians more control over how companies handle their personal information online, need to be amended or privacy protections will take a step back, according to Federal Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien.