A related and frequent question found in the comments of our reporting on this story is, “How do I tell if my data’s been breached?”

If you voted in Alberta lately, your data is in the wild. No one knows who has it or how it will be used.

3 million Albertans are affected. Experts are calling this the biggest data catastrophe in Canadian history.

So, if you live in Alberta, assume the worst: someone has your information and might use it for nefarious reasons. I can’t tell you what you should do about that, except to say that you should seek professional advice, then act to protect yourself as quickly as possible.

Good luck.

And if you’re willing, please share in this thread what steps you took.