The organization has used California-based Jumio’s software to verify the identity of voters in nomination races by comparing pictures of their driver’s licences to selfies. NDP MP Charlie Angus has asked federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien to investigate, while B.C. counterpart Michael McEvoy said his office is conducting a review. (The Globe and Mail)

Talking point: The party insists it doesn’t hold onto the personal information collected, and offers manual alternatives. Political parties are not subject to federal privacy laws, and the Liberal government has ignored calls to change that from digital-rights and civil-liberties groups as well as regulators and MPs. Updated election rules require parties to publish their privacy policies and disclose their data-collection activities; the Liberals’ website does not directly cite Jumio or facial recognition, but acknowledges using automated ID verification and describes the process. Last month, Therrien told a parliamentary committee that Bill C-11, the Liberals’ stalled overhaul of consumer-privacy laws, needed to be amended to reduce the risks of facial recognition.