In Canada, that number drops to 46 per cent, despite 90 per cent of Canadians saying they have fallen for fake news.

Repeated cases where Canadians' privacy was breached over the past year should have been a "wake-up call" for the Liberals to strengthen privacy rules.

Political parties are not allowed to sell the information they get on voters from Elections Canada but if they did, the nominee for Chief Electoral Officer said, officials would have no way of knowing whether they broke the rules.