Addressing the Digital Privacy Vulnerabilities and Potential Threats to Canada's Democratic Electoral Process

ADDRESSING DIGITAL PRIVACY VULNERABILITIES AND POTENTIAL THREATS TO CANADA’S DEMOCRATIC ELECTORAL PROCESS Report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Bob Zimmer, Chair JUNE 2018 42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION Published under the authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons SPEAKER’S PERMISSION The proceedings of the House of Commons and its Committees are hereby [...] The parliamentary privilege of the House of Commons to control the publication and broadcast of the proceedings of the House of Commons and its Committees is nonetheless reserved. [...] Such requirements could include, but are not limited to: The identification of who paid for the ad, including verifying the authenticity of the person running the ad; The identification of the target audience, and why the target audience received the ad; and Mandatory registration regarding political advertising outside of Canada. [...] The United Kingdom Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee (the Digital Committee) also addressed the breach in its study on fake news.2 In the United States, the breach was the focus of a joint full committee hearing by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, a hearing by the Energy and 1. House of Commons, Standing Commit [...] Such requirements could include, but are not limited to: The identification of who paid for the ad, including verifying the authenticity of the person running the ad; The identification of the target audience, and why the target audience received the ad; and 18.