Canada’s Political Parties and Voter Data: A Loophole in Privacy Laws

An illustration depicting political data collection in Canada. A large hand, symbolizing political parties, holds a magnifying glass over a map of Canada, revealing digital data points and personal profiles. The dark, muted background suggests secrecy, with connected lines representing a network of data collection. A subtle Canadian flag is integrated into the design.

Political parties in Canada are collecting extensive personal data with minimal oversight, raising concerns about transparency and fairness in the democratic process. These parties are not subject to federal privacy laws, and they use this data to create detailed voter profiles, influence political choices, and sometimes discourage voting.

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Ethics and Learning Technology

It’s great to hear from Dr. Chuck Severance again. I took many of his Python courses on Coursera and find him to be an excellent instructor.

In this short video he addresses privacy and LMSes and how schools pay little attention to privacy issues regarding their LMSes. He mentions how the vendors control all the data, and we have been pushing the priority of ethics and privacy concerns back.

I admit that in my classroom I didn’t know how private my students’ personal data truly was. I just trusted in the companies that hosted the LMSes (D2L, Google) that they would not abuse the information nor use it in unethical ways.

Did your school board address student privacy when it considered which LMS to use? Is its privacy policy or privacy study public? Please share!