Fair Vote Canada Data Breach

What happened?

In March 2024, the Canadian national citizens' campaign for proportional representation Fair Vote Canada suffered a data breach . The incident was attributed to "a well-meaning volunteer" who inadvertently exposed data from 2020 which included 134k unique email addresses, names, physical addresses, phone numbers and, for some individuals, date and amount of a donation.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is March 2, 2024. The record was added to the catalogue on October 21, 2024 and last updated there on October 21, 2024.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• Names
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses
• Political donations

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with Fair Vote Canada or used fairvote.ca around March 2, 2024. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.