Julia Kalinina – The Conversation

Voters should be aware of how their personal data is being collected and used by political parties. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)

September 16, 2021

Electronic tracking of voters is a thorny topic in a tight federal election race

Sara Bannerman, McMaster University; Elizabeth Dubois, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Jenny Zhan, McMaster University; Julia Kalinina, McMaster University, and Nicole Goodman, Brock University

During an election, political parties gather personal data about Canadian voters. This data collection isn’t regulated, and citizens should be concerned.

Voters head to cast their ballots in Canada’s federal election in Dartmouth, N.S., on Oct. 21, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

January 23, 2020

How political party data collection may turn off voters

Sara Bannerman, McMaster University; Julia Kalinina, York University, Canada, and Nicole Goodman, Brock University

Political parties protect themselves rather than voters in refusing to be bound by privacy laws.

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