Alberta, Centurion Project sued over alleged data breach that affected millions of voters
A retired class-action lawyer has filed a lawsuit against the Alberta government, its Chief Electoral Officer, and two pro-secession organizations over an alleged data breach affecting roughly 2.9 million provincial residents. The suit targets the Centurion Project, claiming it unlawfully obtained voter data.
Why this matters: Nearly three million people's voter information was allegedly grabbed by a political organization pushing a specific agenda. That is not an abstract privacy violation. Voter rolls exist to run elections, not to fuel campaigns or separatist movements. When electoral data moves outside its intended purpose, people lose control over how their personal information shapes political activity done in their name. Alberta's Chief Electoral Officer is named in the suit, which means this is also a question of whether the government properly protected data it was trusted to hold.
Who should care: Cybersecurity · Privacy officers · Administrators · Lawyers · Compliance
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