BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
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20250315 Access and Privacy Online
Show Notes for Saturday March 15.
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Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
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LJI Privacy and Access Issues
- Documents indicate massive diesel spill at New Brunswick Irving station
- Province quietly pulls plug on Grade 10 exams
AI Powered School Surveillance
- Takeaways from our investigation on AI-powered school surveillance
- Schools use AI to monitor kids, hoping to prevent violence. Our investigation found security risks
Firing of FOIA officers leaves experts worried about public records access under Trump
Unfilled access requests around tariffs
- U.S. commerce secretary says steel and aluminum tariffs coming this week
- As Ontario hikes cost of electricity exports, Lutnick says more tariffs are coming
DOGE Court Battles
- Unions ask court to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans
- A judge in the nation’s capital declines to block DOGE from Treasury systems
Whistleblowers and the Fight for Government Transparency
- Meet the federal worker who went rogue: ‘I hope that it lights a fire under people’
- Attorneys file class action appeals to federal board for thousands of workers Trump fired
- Fired head of federal watchdog agency says he’s ending his legal battle over his removal by Trump
- Georgetown law dean rebuffs DEI warning from top federal prosecutor for DC
International Intrigue: Expulsions, Surveillance, and Big Tech Battles
- Russia expels 2 British diplomats from embassy in Moscow over espionage claims
- UK expels Russian diplomat and a diplomatic spouse in tit-for-tat response to expulsions in Moscow
- Albania shuts down TikTok for a year amid concerns over violence among children
- US attorneys for a Russian woman seeking to recover a megayacht target Antigua
- FTC asks judge to delay Amazon trial due to resource constraints
State Abortion Reporting: A Dangerous Precedent
FIPA at VIPSS
- 27th Annual Victoria International Privacy & Security Summit
- A chorus calling for change.
Show Notes for Saturday March 15.
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
LJI Privacy and Access Issues
- Documents indicate massive diesel spill at New Brunswick Irving station
- Province quietly pulls plug on Grade 10 exams
AI Powered School Surveillance
- Takeaways from our investigation on AI-powered school surveillance
- Schools use AI to monitor kids, hoping to prevent violence. Our investigation found security risks
Firing of FOIA officers leaves experts worried about public records access under Trump
Unfilled access requests around tariffs
- U.S. commerce secretary says steel and aluminum tariffs coming this week
- As Ontario hikes cost of electricity exports, Lutnick says more tariffs are coming
DOGE Court Battles
- Unions ask court to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans
- A judge in the nation’s capital declines to block DOGE from Treasury systems
Whistleblowers and the Fight for Government Transparency
- Meet the federal worker who went rogue: ‘I hope that it lights a fire under people’
- Attorneys file class action appeals to federal board for thousands of workers Trump fired
- Fired head of federal watchdog agency says he’s ending his legal battle over his removal by Trump
- Georgetown law dean rebuffs DEI warning from top federal prosecutor for DC
International Intrigue: Expulsions, Surveillance, and Big Tech Battles
- Russia expels 2 British diplomats from embassy in Moscow over espionage claims
- UK expels Russian diplomat and a diplomatic spouse in tit-for-tat response to expulsions in Moscow
- Albania shuts down TikTok for a year amid concerns over violence among children
- US attorneys for a Russian woman seeking to recover a megayacht target Antigua
- FTC asks judge to delay Amazon trial due to resource constraints
State Abortion Reporting: A Dangerous Precedent
FIPA at VIPSS
- 27th Annual Victoria International Privacy & Security Summit
- A chorus calling for change.