Jim Bronskill
Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. The federal privacy watchdog has closed the file on a complaint about the data-harvesting practices of three national political parties, saying federal privacy law does not apply to the activities in question because they are not commercial in nature. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
May 13, 2021 - 2:40 PM
OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog has closed the file on a complaint about the data-harvesting practices of three national political parties.
Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien says the federal law governing personal information does not apply to the parties' activities because they are not commercial in nature.