Alberta’s privacy commissioner, Diane McLeod, has raised concerns about a new law that enables a Crown corporation to sell gambling customer information to a private company.
Bill 31, the Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act, 2026, was passed by the provincial legislature last week. The law would allow the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission, to sell the province-owned gambling platform Play Alberta, along with all customer information.
Under Alberta’s Protection of Privacy Act, which took effect in 2025, public bodies are usually prohibited from selling personal data, but McLeod said the new exemption undermines those protections and warned it could harm public trust in the law.
