Organization: Elections Canada
Year: 2023
Month: September
Request Number: A-2023-00004
Request Summary: Provide 2022 and 2023 records about Elections Canada examining procedures on how to review concerns/complaints about political parties’ privacy policies and intrusions when they collect personal information. Include any summary incidents received and reported; review of the issues concerning policing federal political parties’ privacy practices before the courts in BC brought to a head by the BC Information and Privacy Commission; EC’s discussions and agreement with federal authorities on EC reviewing concerns/complaints; and EC’s own internal preparation to act as an arbitrator/review in concerns/complaints about federal political parties’ privacy policies and intrusions (in effect by default in Budget 2023 and Bill C-47, EC becomes an arbitrator under the Canada Elections Act of political parties self-regulated privacy collection, use and disposal practices/policies).
Disposition: Disclosed in part
Number of pages: 40