Senatoren lehnen Gesetzentwurf ab, der politische Parteien vom Datenschutzrecht ausnimmt

Another perfect example demonstrating why politicians shouldn’t be left in charge of elections rules and we need them to recuse themselves and pass responsibly to some kind of permanent nonpartisan & independent body (Fairvote and the Longest Ballot Committee advocate for a citizens’ assembly). 

Our electoral system and voters simply aren’t served well by this arrangement. The MPs who supported this new measure don’t even give us the dignity of an argument why as to why they think political parties must be exempted from all privacy laws…

If we ever want a transparent and effective democracy that serve’s voters, we need to get MPs out of the business of writing their own election rules.

From the article:
“It would amend the Canada Elections Act to state that federal political parties “cannot be required” to comply with provincial or territorial legislation regulating activities related to personal information, unless the party’s own personal information policy says otherwise.
The proposed law also says parties must comply with their own policies to protect personal information…”