The office of British Columbia’s privacy commissioner has found that federal political parties are subject to the province’s Personal Information Protection Act, a decision that experts say opens the door for a level of independent oversight not currently in place when it comes to understanding how the parties use personal data.
Colin Bennett, a professor in the department of political science at the University of Victoria who specializes in privacy and data protection, said the decision marks the first time an independent regulator has asserted jurisdiction over federal parties.
Canada is among a handful of democratic countries where privacy legislation doesn’t
