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RECENT FIPA PUBLICATIONS
September 26th, 2006 10:00am
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FIPA Annual Report for 2009 Click Here

FIPA Annual Report for 2008 Click Here

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THE HALLMARKS OF FAIRNESS: IMPROVING ALBERTA’S FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT -- Submission to the Alberta review of the Freedom
of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
June 2010 Click Here

FIPA SUBMISSION TO THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE [BC] FREEDOM
OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT
February 2010 Click Here


FAILING FOI: HOW THE BC GOVERNMENT
FLOUTS THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
AND STONEWALLS FOI REQUESTS
- An analysis of the BC Government’s response
to freedom of information requests, 2006 – 2008
May 2009
Click Here

SUBMISSION TO THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO REVIEW
THE PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT [British Columbia]
February 29, 2008 [pdf]
Click Here

COMMENTS ON THE REVIEW OF THE PERSONAL INFORMATION
PROTECTION AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS ACT
(Full title: Comments on the Government’s Response to the Fourth Report
of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics
on the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act)
January 2008
Click Here

SUBMISSION TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ETHICS COMMITTEE
RE: REVIEW OF THE PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION
AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS ACT (PIPEDA)
November 2006 [pdf]
Click Here

ACCESS DENIED: An analysis of the BC Government's response
to freedom of information requests, 2000-2005
September 2006 [pdf]
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A CHANCE FOR TRANSPARENCY:
THE FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT AND PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION
FIPA's Submission on Bill C-2, The Federal Accountability Act, May 2006
Click Here

PIPEDA AND IDENTITY THEFT:
SOLUTIONS FOR PROTECTING CANADIANS
Submitted April 2005; revised April 2006
pdf:Click Here

PROPOSED REFORMS OF BC’S FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT – FIPA, August, 2005
Click Here

OPEN GOVERNMENT: BC LIBERALS PROMISE MUCH, DELIVER LITTLE: FIPA grades the performance of the BC government on Freedom of Information issues, 2001-2004 – FIPA, May 2005
Click Here

COMMENTS ON THE LAWFUL ACCESS PROPOSALS (MARCH 2005):
Submission to Justice Canada - FIPA, April 2005
Click Here

CANADA’S ANTI-TERRORISM ACT: AN UNJUSTIFIED LIMITATION
OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY RIGHTS
Submission to the House of Commons Subcommittee on Public Safety and National Security – FIPA, March 2005:
Click Here

EMPLOYEE PRIVACY UNDER BC’S PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT:
Submission to the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia on the Draft Employment Privacy Guidelines
FIPA, November 1, 2004:
Click Here

IS GOVERNMENT OUTSOURCING A THREAT TO PRIVACY?
Examination of USA PATRIOT ACT implications for personal information
of British Columbia residents involved in outsourcing
of government services to U.S.-linked service providers
Submission to the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia
FIPA, August 6, 2004:
Click Here

A PRESCRIPTION FOR "DR. DOE": Proposed Revisions to s. 13
of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
in Response to the Decision in College of Physicians of British Columbia
v. British Columbia (Information and Privacy Commissioner)
FIPA, January 19, 2004
Click Here

COMMENTS ON THE BC PERSONAL INFORMATION PROTECTION ACT
FIPA, May 15, 2003
Click Here

COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSAL TO CREATE A NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD
FIPA, February 18, 2003
Click Here

THE LAWFUL ACCESS PROPOSALS: WHY CANADIANS SHOULD SAY "NO"
TO EXPANDED ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE BY POLICE(PDF 118KB)
FIPA, February 13, 2003
Click Here

COMMENTS ON THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA'S LAWFUL ACCESS PROPOSALS
FIPA, December 16, 2002
Click Here

FIPA SUBMISSION ON THE [BC] COMMUNITY CHARTER
August 1, 2002
Click Here

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REFORM OF BC'S FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT
July 2, 2002
Click Here

PRIVACY AND CANADA’S HEALTH INFORMATION HIGHWAY
Feb. 14, 2002
Click Here

DECLARATION OF MEDICAL PRIVACY RIGHTS
FIPA, February 12, 2002
Click Here

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

Literature Review on Privacy Surveillance as it Affects Social Behaviour
http://www.oipc.ab.ca/home/DetailsPage.cfm?ID=1231


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