A report released by British Columbia Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham indicates the BC Liberal Party did not breach the province’s privacy laws through its controversial plan to reach out to so-called “ethnic” voters, The Vancouver Sun reports. “While the information collected by government is personal information as defined by provincial privacy legislation,” wrote Denham, “the investigation did not find evidence that government improperly disclosed that information as part of the outreach plan.” Denham added, “Further, the investigation did not find evidence that the BC Liberal Party either improperly collected or disclosed personal information as part of the outreach plan initiative.” A columnist for The Sun wrote about Denham’s “unprecedented use of her powers in investigating” the outreach scandal.
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