The federal privacy commissioner says it would be a mistake to give political parties the ability to govern the way they manage Canadians’ personal information.
Changes proposed in the latest Liberal budget would let parties collect, use, retain and dispose of data in accordance with their own policies.
Philippe Dufresne told a Senate committee Wednesday evening that parties should be subject to the same internationally recognized privacy principles that govern the private sector and government.
The federal Privacy Act applies to government and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act covers the private sector, but political parties do not fall under either law….