An investigation by U.K. Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham into the use of personal data by political campaigns has reached into British Columbia, The Tyee reports. A Victoria-based company may have played a role in last year's shocking Brexit vote, and the British Columbia and U.K. privacy commissioners have been consulting each other. British Columbia's Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has confirmed it has been contacted by Denham, who formerly served as the province's Information and Privacy Commissioner. British Columbia spokesperson Erin Beattie said, "We are in preliminary discussions with the Information Commissioner's Office in the U.K. regarding circumstances where organizations manage information in multiple jurisdictions."
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