Alberta premier says law changes to be assessed after probes into voter list breach

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will look at making changes to the law depending on what comes out of investigations into a data breach involving three million voters.

Smith, in a social media post, says protecting the private information of Albertans is critical and that violators should be held accountable.

Alberta election officials and the RCMP are investigating how the database of voters fell into the hands of a separatist group the Centurion Project, which made it easily available on a website.

The database was taken down Thursday after Elections Alberta went to court to get an injunction to stop it, and the Centurion Project says it will comply with investigators.

The database has names and addresses of Albertans and by law is only supposed to go to elected officials, political parties and party officials.

Alberta’s privacy watchdog is calling on Smith’s government to change privacy laws to give her jurisdiction over political parties, saying the breach poses serious safety risks.