Five University of Victoria researchers are receiving Canada’s highest academic honour.

UVic privacy expert Colin Bennett is available to media to discuss the findings in a report expected on Feb. 6 by the BC Information and Privacy Commissioner on the use of personal data by political parties.

Surveillance and big data collection affects us all—governments and companies collect people’s personal information daily—but what are the social or political consequences of such monitoring? Researchers at Queen’s University today announced a $2.5-…