Lawsuit filed over voter privacy breach affecting almost three million Albertans
Lawsuit filed over voter privacy breach affecting almost three million Albertans
Publish Date: 2026-06-30 18:26:00
Source Domain: globalnews.ca
A proposed class-action lawsuit has been filed in Alberta after the private information of nearly three million Albertans was allegedly obtained and published by a separatist group.
A statement of claim filed last week in the Court of King’s Bench accuses the Alberta government, its elections agency, and the Republican Party of Alberta of failing to protect the sensitive data.
It also alleges that David Parker, the leader of the separatist group, called the Centurion Project, should have known that his use of the province’s official voter list would put Albertans in harm’s way.
The allegations have not been tested or proven in court, and a judge must certify the proposed class-action lawsuit before it can proceed.
The lawsuit stems from actions taken earlier this year when Alberta elections officials said names and addresses for 2.9 million registered Alberta voters were made available through a public database published by the Centurion Project.
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Elections officials got the website taken down in April and the list was traced to the Republican Party, which was legally allowed to have it but prohibited from sharing it with unauthorized groups like the Centurion Project.
Official voter lists also include phone numbers and unique elector identification information.
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The elections agency has since said the Centurion Project named 21 individuals as having been given complete copies of the list and 545 who accessed the database while it was active. The agency has said it’s possible that thousands viewed the database.
Those who accessed or used the voter list are named as John Doe defendants in the lawsuit.
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