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B.C. privacy czar calls out political parties; federal parties should heed that call too, say researchers

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B.C. privacy czar calls out political parties; federal parties should heed that call too, say researchers

Federal political parties are ‘totally unregulated, and there’s no oversight, and we have no way of looking behind the door,’ says Prof. Teresa Scassa.

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