Alberta’s privacy commissioner calls for law changes after alleged voter list breach - BERITAJA

Alberta’s privateness watchdog is calling for rule changes successful ray of claims that a separatist group obtained and illegally utilized the province’s charismatic elector list.

Elections Alberta has said it’s investigating the group, called the Centurion Project, for publishing an app that made nationalist the names and addresses of about 3 cardinal Albertans.

Such elector lists are only distributed by Elections Alberta to elected officials, governmental parties and statement officials.

The app was taken down pursuing a tribunal order this week, but Elections Alberta and RCMP are probing really the group obtained the list.

Alberta’s privateness commissioner, Diane McLeod, says it’s imaginable her agency doesn’t person jurisdiction complete the privateness breach arsenic governmental parties aren’t presently covered nether the province’s main individual accusation privateness law.

McLeod says British Columbia’s laws screen governmental parties, and the seriousness of the lawsuit astatine manus intends Premier Danielle Smith’s authorities needs to reside the spread arsenic well.

“This incident demonstrates that it is precocious clip for governmental parties to beryllium made taxable to (the Personal Information and Privacy Act),” McLeod said successful a statement.

“What happened present is very serious.”

Justice Minister Mickey Amery’s agency wasn’t instantly capable to respond to questions about McLeod’s call.

The Centurion Project says it will beryllium complying pinch Elections Alberta’s investigation. The group’s leader, David Parker, has said its extremity was to place and enlistee supporters of Alberta’s separatist activity up of a imaginable referendum this fall.