On February 6, 2019, B.C.’s Office of Information and Privacy Commissioner published Investigation Report P19-01, “Full Disclosure: Political parties, campaign data, and voter consent.” The report investigated how political parties manage the personal information of British Columbians, and found parties are generally collecting too much information from potential voters without getting proper consent. In examining how political parties retain and protect the personal information they collect, investigators found a number of deficiencies with retention and audit practices. The report concludes with 17 recommendations for all B.C. political parties.
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Recommendation 11:
All political parties should provide a detailed employee and volunteer privacy training plan and associated materials for review and comment by my office and Elections BC.
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Recommendation 12:
All political parties should review the state of their records with a view to destroying out of date information about voters.
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Recommendation 13:
All political parties should develop clear retention policies for personal information and should routinely review the personal information in their custody to determine whether its continued retention is authorized by PIPA.
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Recommendation 14:
All political parties should, in response to individual’s requests for their own personal information, provide all of the requestor’s personal information under the control of the party, information about the ways in which that personal information has been and is being used by the party, and to whom the information has been disclosed.
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Recommendation 15:
All political parties should update their privacy policies to provide a definition of “personal information” (and other related terms) that is consistent with PIPA.
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Recommendation 16:
All political parties should amend privacy policies to include a comprehensive description of the personal information collected, used, and disclosed by the party, the purposes for each of those types of personal information, and how it is authorized to collect, use, or disclose that personal information under PIPA.
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Recommendation 17:
All political parties should be clear about the ability to, and the consequences of, withdrawing consent for collection, use, and disclosure.
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