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This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, July 19th. In Canadian access news, records reveal the Alberta Government literally following the lists of most banned books in the United States to create their own book bans. Plus there’s evidence of shortfalls in Indigenous procurement and failures in emergency response. In Privacy and w…
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This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, July 12th. We’re heading into the full summer season here, and while you’re hopefully enjoying the sun where you are, we’ll start with the access to information and privacy scans across Canada. There are some troubling environmental impacts as one oil company breaks a deal and another has d…
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This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, July 5th. While there are national holidays in Canada and south of the border this past week, there are still lots to consider in the news. We’ll start with a few Canadian stories intersecting privacy, including an Ontario data breach, the Government of the Northwest Territories making chan…
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This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, June 28th. We have some updates on Bill C-2 and Bill C-4 as the House of Commons rises for the summer. We’ll have our regular scan across the country with a surprising group of stories in Alberta echoing influences from south of the border—including moves by the provincial government to ban…
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In this Commentary, we discuss Bill C-4, titled An Act respecting certain affordability measures for Canadians and another measure. That “other measure” is a series of amendments to the Canada Election Act creating serious impacts on people and their personal information. FIPA is conducting its first joint podcast with Michael Geist and The Law Byt…
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Canada’s federal C-2 Strong Borders Act is a sweeping and controversial bill that is currently moving through Parliament. The bill includes ‘lawful access’ provisions, unrelated to borders, that expand state powers to access personal information held by electronic service providers. This is not the first time that lawful access powers have been pro…
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This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, June 14th. We’ve got stories from across the country shaped by access to information—from national defense funding to local integrity issues, wildfire preparedness, and controversial provincial actions. We’ll follow that with a scan of cybersecurity incidents, data breaches, and surveillanc…
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Brief Update: Bill C-4 and FIPA's Upcoming AGM
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We've had a busy week with lots going on, and we plan to be back with our regular show next week. We will certainly be covering Bill C-4 and its impact on Canadian Privacy and political parties. Given FIPA’S intervenor status with Liberal Party of Canada v. The Complainants, we will be watching closely and reporting on that in the coming weeks. Lea…
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This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, May 31st. Nova Scotia is back in the privacy and cybersecurity spotlight as a sophisticated ransomware attack triggers a probe and fallout from Nova Scotia Power’s data breach. We have our regular summaries of privacy, access to information, and whistleblower stories from Canada and across …
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There’s trouble in Alberta's access and privacy landscape. Recent investigations found the Alberta government is not complying with freedom of information laws, with the Information and Privacy Commissioner confirming significant non-compliance in processing access requests. Additionally, a court ruled portions of Alberta's Personal Information Pro…
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This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, May 24th. Off the top, an American hacker pleads guilty in the PowerSchool data breach, while a controversial Trump-backed snitch line raises alarms as it can collect information on Canadians. We also cover significant data breaches and cyber incidents affecting global companies, including …
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FIPA President Mike Larsen recently delivered a lecture focusing on Surveillance & Privacy. It’s something we thought our regular listeners would be interested in, and we’ve recorded a version for this week's commentary. Let's take a look at 'why Privacy matters, and why it matters right now'. Support these efforts by subscribing or donating. Send …
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This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, May 17th. Off the top we’ll look at the latest wave of impacts on privacy and access coming from legislative changes in Alberta, with the Government at odds with the courts and independent offices. We have a cluster of stories in BC spanning privacy and access to information, in addition to…
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This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, May 10th. With major national and international events, from the new pope to the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe, grabbing the spotlight, there are still plenty of other stories to highlight. We’ll start with stories from Canada’s Local Journalism Initiative and the continued fallout …
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This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, May 3rd. Our condolences go out to everyone in the Filipino community and Vancouver affected by the tragic events of April 26th. Off the top, the dust is still settling on the federal election, and we see the first of the Code of Silence Awards being handed out. We’ll look at important stor…
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Election Day is Monday, April 28th! Be sure to listen in as FIPA President Mike Larsen, Executive Director Jason Woywada, and Legal Researcher Spencer Izen sit down with me to discuss Canada's Federal Election and FIPA’s surveys questionnaires and guides. Support these efforts by subscribing or donating. Send comments to [email protected] Acces…
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This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, April 26th. It’s Election day on Monday, April 28th! We’ll start with the historic fines and action being taken against Meta and Apple in the European Union for privacy violations. We’ll shift to the privacy and access to information stories from across Canada, including great reminders abo…
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Brief Update: Easter Break and Upcoming Coverage
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The team here at Access and Privacy Online are taking the Easter Weekend off, and we hope you all have the opportunity to do the same. We’ll be back next week with more coverage of the headlines and commentary. In particular, in the coming week, we’ll be sharing a recent lecture from FIPA President Mike Larson, where he expounds on 'why Privacy mat…
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This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, April 12th. We are entering week four of the federal election here in Canada. We’ll start with a few national stories before diving into the local journalism reports informed by and intersecting access to information privacy and information management across Canada. We have a couple of non-…
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This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, April 5th, and we are entering week three of the federal election here in Canada. On the radar this week: Police record-keeping and the growing role of AI both inside and outside the courtroom. Two scandals involving taxpayer dollars and questions of political accountability. Updates on env…
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Commentary: BC Information Commissioner Michael Harvey
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FIPA was recently at the 27th Annual Victoria International Privacy & Security Summit. It was a great event with hundreds of cybersecurity and privacy professionals from around the globe addressing the topics facing the use and protection of your personal information. We were grateful and privileged to have an opportunity to have BC Information Com…
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Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, March 29. In this week’s cast, we see Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston moving to turn the page on Bill 1 legislative changes. We also have our weekly scan of stories from the Canadian Press that intersect with access to information, privacy, and information management across Canada, the…
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Commentary: Elections and Democratic Monitoring
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The Canadian federal election is underway. In this week's commentary, join Patrick Farnsworth along with FIPA President Mike Larsen and Executive Director Jason Woywada with this week's special guest Duff Conacher, Executive Director of Democracy Watch. They’re all here to discuss the recent Ontario election and consider various tools from the non-…
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Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, March 22. We have multiple stories that put Premier Tim Houston and Nova Scotia back in the spotlight for aggressive legislation, plus a roundup of local stories across Canada intersecting with access to information, privacy, and information management. There’s still plenty of chaos co…
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Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, March 8. This week, while Canadian privacy and access issues remain at the forefront of our consideration, much of the attention is directed to the elephant south of the border. We do have a few Canadian stories, with a lot of US coverage, including AI-powered child monitoring battles,…
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Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, March 8. We lead with Nova Scotia, where troubling developments that threatened transparency and independent oversight continue to see the province receive greater scrutiny Across Canada, we’ve got a packed update from the Local Journalism Initiative, covering key regional privacy and …
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Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, March 1st. We start with the ongoing controversy in Nova Scotia, where a government bill is raising alarms over transparency and independent oversight. We’ll also break down the Ontario election results, including responses from political parties to FIPA’s election questionnaire. Acros…
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Commentary: Secret Messaging and Public Accountability
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In this week's commentary, we have a difficult but necessary conversation: a BC police force is going to court over secret chat groups, following a precedent set by the BC NDP to exempt private communications from elected officials under Freedom of Information laws. Join Patrick Farnsworth along with FIPA President Mike Larsen, as we discuss the im…
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Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, February 22nd. We lead with a troubling attack against government transparency and independent oversight in Nova Scotia. We have a lot of coverage from the Local Journalism Initiative and news outlets across Canada, exploring stories where privacy and access to information shape import…
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Commentary: BC Municipal Disclosure of Records Report
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In this week's commentary, we take a deeper dive into the Municipal disclosure of records investigative report from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC. Join me along with FIPA President Mike Larsen, and Executive Director Jason Woywada as we discuss the report's implications with BC’s Information and Privacy Commissioner …
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Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, February 15th. This week, we continue coverage of the PowerSchool Data Breach and its impact across Canada. But that's not all—other major stories in privacy and information management are making waves across the country and globally. From government restrictions on AI chatbots to Cana…
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Commentary: Foreign Impacts on Data Sovereignty
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In this week's commentary, foreign chaos is disrupting cybersecurity, privacy, and access to information. In this discussion, Jim Love from TechNewsday.ca, Professor Emeritus Colin Bennett from the University of Victoria, FIPA President Mike Larsen, and FIPA Executive Director Jason Woywada joined me to examine how global instability is challenging…
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Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, February 8th. We continue to track the nationwide fallout from the PowerSchool data breaches in Canada. We'll also take a look at a recent phishing attack targeting a BC school district, highlighting ongoing risks to educational institutions. There’s a new report from the Office of the…
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Commentary: Final Report on Foreign Interference
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In this week's commentary, a deeper dive into the recommendations in the Final Report from The Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions with FIPA President Mike Larsen. Commission Releases Final Report on Foreign Interference https://foreigninterferencecommission.ca/news/article/commission-…
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Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, February 1st. In this week's show, we’ll start with the continued fallout from a U.S. cybersecurity data breach affecting schools across Canada. Then, we’ll explore major stories in Canada and the U.S., looking at how privacy and access to information laws impact and are impacted by re…
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Commentary: Info Summit Commissioners Series Alberta Changes Event
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In this week's commentary, the full recording of the Info Summit Commissioners Series Alberta Changes Event. Legislation: Bill 33 Protection of Privacy Act Bill 33 Amendment Bill 34 Access to Information Act Bill 34 Amendment Alberta OIPC Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner calls for changes to new proposed public sector access and privacy…
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Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, January 25th. This week, we’ll start by covering cybersecurity concerns over TikTok and its potential replacement, Red Note. We see continued coverage of foreign and domestic data breeches affecting everyone intersecting Canadian Schools. Plus, we have updates from numerous Local Journ…
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Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, January 18th. This week, we’ll dive into the privacy implications for Canadians amidst growing border security measures, highlight troubling trends of cyberattacks on schools, and wrap with a look back at some major stories and FIPA activities during the break, including a sneak peek i…
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In this commentary, we have a special sit-down with FIPA President Mike Larsen, Executive Director Jason Woywada, to look ahead at FIPA activities for 2025. Tune in to learn about our year ahead. Support these efforts by subscribing or donating. Send comments to [email protected] Access and Privacy Commentary: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resour…
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In this commentary, we have a special sit-down with FIPA President Mike Larsen, Executive Director Jason Woywada, and the staff behind major 2024 activities. Tune in to learn about FIPA researcher Gage Smith’s work submitting to and reviewing the Independent Special Interlocutor Kimberly R. Murray’s Final Report speaking to the Indigenous-led Repar…
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Commentary: Ryan Rutley on Leading Language & Foreign Interference
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In this commentary, we have a special sit-down with FIPA President Mike Larsen, Executive Director Jason Woywada, and the staff behind major 2024 activities. Tune in to learn about FIPA researcher Ryan Rutley’s work around Leading and Trailing Language, as well as FIPA's submission to the Foreign Interference Commission. Leading Language 2024: http…
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Commentary: Jerika Caduhada on Pathways to Precarity
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In this commentary, we have a special sit-down with FIPA President Mike Larsen, Executive Director Jason Woywada, and the staff behind major 2024 activities. Tune in to learn about FIPA researcher Jerika Caduhada’s work around Pathways to Precarity. Pathways to Precarity: https://fipa.bc.ca/2024-pathways-to-precarity/ https://fipa.bc.ca/wp-content/…
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Commentary: Spencer Izen on Access Assessments
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In this commentary, we have a special sit-down with FIPA President Mike Larsen, Executive Director Jason Woywada, and the staff behind major 2024 activities. Tune in to learn about FIPA researcher Spencer Izen’s work around Access Assessments in BC. Access assessment 2024 the latest: https://fipa.bc.ca/access-assessment-2024-the-latest/ Support the…
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Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, December 21st. In this week’s show, with the holidays upon us, we’ll start with a review of local stories across Canada, including one municipality addressing its use of Artificial Intelligence. We’ll then look south of the border to the US, where preparations for the inauguration of D…
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Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, December 14th. We’ll start with a recent announcement from Canadian Commissioners calling for a system of Transparency by Default. We follow that with Local Journalism Initiative stories from across Canada, including one from The Pointer that sheds light on a failing proactive disclosu…
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Commentary: Alberta Protection of Privacy Act & Access to Information Act
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Alberta sees Bill 33 Protection of Privacy Act and Bill 34 Access to Information Act are the law of the province. In this week's Commentary, we’re joined by FIPA President Mike Larsen and Sam Delechanto of Fasken LLP to dive a little deeper and review these consequential changes. FIPA Commentary (November 27, 2024): https://fipanews.podbean.com/e/a…
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Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, December 7th. There’s a major privacy breach in Saskatchewan with stories from the Local Journalism Initiative across Canada. We’ll take a look at stories from the United States and internationally that include big impacts on access to information and privacy. And we’ll wrap this week'…
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Commentary: RCMP Body Cams and Police Monitoring
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Bodycams are being deployed by RCMP in numerous detachments across Canada. In this week's Commentary, we talk with FIPA president Mike Larsen and Dr. Brenda McPhail at McMaster University to provide a deeper dive on the security and privacy implications. Brenda McPhail is Executive Director Master of Public Policy in Digital Society, McMasters Univ…
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Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, November 30th. In a story that has to be read to be believed, while fall means hunting season in Canada, it looks like wildlife are just the latest distribution method in gorilla marketing by scammers to capture your personal information. We’ll bring you Canadian and Associated Press s…
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Commentary: Alberta's Privacy Legislation Overhaul Implications and Concerns
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In this week's Commentary, with the Alberta Commissioner raising alarm bells, FIPA President Mike Larsen weighs in on Alberta’s proposed privacy laws and their potential ripple effects across Canada. Support these efforts by subscribing or donating. Send comments to [email protected] Access and Privacy Commentary: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-re…
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