Political Science 2230E Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Aadhaar, Predictive Analytics, Lection
27 Dec 2018
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3 main parties relied on extensive databases that contained sensitive personal info on. All parties use predictive analytics based on mathematical algorithms and statistical supporters and voters - including what issues were important to them methodologies to discern voter intentions. Assigned voters a unique identification number and this eight-digit id is shared with parties, along with names, addresses, and gender. In past elections parties gathered information on who voted and who did not through a labor intensive process of having volunteers collect so-called bingo cards at thousands of polling stations. Fair elections act requires election canada to notify parties which voters have already cast their ballots. Conservatives were first to exploit data collection. Because political parties do not engage in commercial activity, they are not subject to the. Personal information protection and electronic documents act (pipeda). Nor are they subject to the privacy act that applies to the public sector at the national level.
