BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
Your Data Your Rights
20250308 Access and Privacy Online
Show Notes for Saturday March 8.
Also available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Podchaser, Boomplay.
Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Send comments to: FIPAOnline @ fipa.bc.ca
You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.
Full Show Links
Nova Scotia’s Transparency Under Fire
- ‘Former N.S. privacy commissioner wants office to gain resources, more powers
- N.S. premier restores legislature scrums amid accusations of assault on press freedom
- N.S. Tories criticized for removing online data about people seeking family doctor
- AG Requests Withdrawal of Proposed Changes to Auditor General Act
- OIPC NS Commissioner Statement Bill 1
Canadian LJI Reports
- Over 1,000 potential infractions: inside B.C.’s oversight of oil and gas companies
- Documents reveal over 1,000 potential infractions left unchecked by B.C.’s energy regulator
- One oil and gas site was ‘stinky,’ another was ‘gurgling.’ B.C. officials gave them a pass anyway
- Mohawk Council of Kahnawake unveils new website
- Newcomers group seeks home
- https://fipa.bc.ca/newcomers-group-seeks-home/
- Drayton Valley and District Free Press – https://www.dvfreepress.com/
- Manitoba school boards adapt to tariffs by halting travel, preparing for cost hikes
Canadian National Privacy
- Federal privacy watchdog heads to court over Pornhub operator’s consent practices
- Canadian privacy commissioner to investigate X’s use of personal data to train AI
- Supreme Court of Canada moving away from social media platform X
International Stories
- UK data protection watchdog investigating how TikTok uses children’s personal data
- Gabbard decries Britain’s reported demand for Apple to provide backdoor access to users’ cloud data
- One Tech Tip: Getting a lot of unwanted phone calls? Here are ways to stop them
- Peru’s Indigenous leaders raise concerns over oil and gas projects at a human rights hearing
- Environmental groups criticize Albania for delay in probing suspected toxic waste
US Legal & Political Shifts
- DOGE access to US intelligence secrets poses a national security threat, Democrats say
- Justice Department is reviewing prosecution of Colorado clerk who supported Trump’s election lies
- ‘Treasury ends enforcement of business ownership database meant to stop shell company formation
- ‘US charges Chinese hackers, government officials in broad cybercrime campaign
- Veterans are speaking out on the Trump administration’s plans to cut the VA’s budget
- Government watchdog wants thousands of federal workers to be reinstated
- ‘Judge rules head of watchdog agency must keep his job, says Trump’s bid to oust him was unlawful
- Appeals court allows removal of watchdog agency head as legal battle rages over Trump firing
FIPA at VIPSS
- 27th Annual Victoria International Privacy & Security Summit
- FIPA’s discount code
- Our Communication
Show Notes for Saturday March 8.
Also available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, ListenNotes, Podchaser, Boomplay.
Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Send comments to: FIPAOnline @ fipa.bc.ca
You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.
Full Show Links
Nova Scotia’s Transparency Under Fire
- ‘Former N.S. privacy commissioner wants office to gain resources, more powers
- N.S. premier restores legislature scrums amid accusations of assault on press freedom
- N.S. Tories criticized for removing online data about people seeking family doctor
- AG Requests Withdrawal of Proposed Changes to Auditor General Act
- OIPC NS Commissioner Statement Bill 1
Canadian LJI Reports
- Over 1,000 potential infractions: inside B.C.’s oversight of oil and gas companies
- Documents reveal over 1,000 potential infractions left unchecked by B.C.’s energy regulator
- One oil and gas site was ‘stinky,’ another was ‘gurgling.’ B.C. officials gave them a pass anyway
- Mohawk Council of Kahnawake unveils new website
- Newcomers group seeks home
- https://fipa.bc.ca/newcomers-group-seeks-home/
- Drayton Valley and District Free Press – https://www.dvfreepress.com/
- Manitoba school boards adapt to tariffs by halting travel, preparing for cost hikes
Canadian National Privacy
- Federal privacy watchdog heads to court over Pornhub operator’s consent practices
- Canadian privacy commissioner to investigate X’s use of personal data to train AI
- Supreme Court of Canada moving away from social media platform X
International Stories
- UK data protection watchdog investigating how TikTok uses children’s personal data
- Gabbard decries Britain’s reported demand for Apple to provide backdoor access to users’ cloud data
- One Tech Tip: Getting a lot of unwanted phone calls? Here are ways to stop them
- Peru’s Indigenous leaders raise concerns over oil and gas projects at a human rights hearing
- Environmental groups criticize Albania for delay in probing suspected toxic waste
US Legal & Political Shifts
- DOGE access to US intelligence secrets poses a national security threat, Democrats say
- Justice Department is reviewing prosecution of Colorado clerk who supported Trump’s election lies
- ‘Treasury ends enforcement of business ownership database meant to stop shell company formation
- ‘US charges Chinese hackers, government officials in broad cybercrime campaign
- Veterans are speaking out on the Trump administration’s plans to cut the VA’s budget
- Government watchdog wants thousands of federal workers to be reinstated
- ‘Judge rules head of watchdog agency must keep his job, says Trump’s bid to oust him was unlawful
- Appeals court allows removal of watchdog agency head as legal battle rages over Trump firing
FIPA at VIPSS
- 27th Annual Victoria International Privacy & Security Summit
- FIPA’s discount code
- Our Communication