Privacy commissioner raises concerns over 2 government bills [Video]

Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner says she has big concerns – including fuzzy definitions and insufficient guardrails – in two bills now being debated in the house.

The bills aim to amend existing access to information and privacy rules and are touted by Premier Danielle Smith’s government as being the strictest privacy regulations in Canada.

But commissioner Diane McLeod says, to the contrary, the government would be creating legislative holes if the bills are approved.

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McLeod outlined her concerns and suggested changes in letters sent Wednesday to the sponsors of the bills: Technology Minister Nate Glubish and Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally.

Glubish’s bill would create a separate act for the protection of privacy while Nally’s bill proposes changes to freedom of information rules.

McLeod noted Glubish’s bill would allow the personal information of a …