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Human Rights & Equality

Data Privacy platforms

Here's what the 2021 Canadian election parties are promising.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Data Privacy.

Conservative

Pass legislation giving Canadians the right to understand & control the collection, use, monitoring, retention, and disclosure of their personal data.
We don't have any Bloc policies on Data Privacy.

NDP

  • Bring in legislation to prevent credit & debit card companies from selling customers' personal information.
  • Update privacy legislation to include a digital bill of rights.
  • Increase the powers of the Privacy Commissioner to make & enforce orders & levy finds & penalties.

Green

  • Enshrine citizens' digital rights, including the right to not be profiled online.
  • Distinguish between demographic profiling & psychometric profiling.

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