This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, September 13th.   We’re back after a late-summer break, and while we were away, the news didn’t stop. In today’s review, we’ll cover major Canadian access-to-information and whistleblower stories, a worrying update on the Nova Scotia Power cyberattacks, and a hard-hitting Associated Press investigation into how American […]

This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, August 23rd.   We start with a flip-flop from Alberta, where public backlash has forced Premier Danielle Smith to walk back plans to stop disclosing government expense receipts.  Our access and privacy scan across the country brings us stories ranging from the everyday challenges Canadians face trying […]

This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, August 16th.   We start with our privacy scan — from a major airline cyberattack exposing sensitive travel documents, to new scam alerts, and an urgent warning about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.  There is an exercise in contrasts with access to information stories including commitments for greater […]

This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, August 9th.   Even with a light news week as Canadians get back from the August Long Weekend, there are privacy and access stories of note. The federal privacy commissioner is now investigating the WestJet cybersecurity breach.  Access to government documents continues to fuel headlines and provide […]

This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, August 2nd.   We start with a scan of access to information stories across Canada that touch on many recurring issues—including a legislative review in New Brunswick that could strengthen the province’s Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.  Then, as back-to-school season begins, we look […]

This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, July 26th.   We start with a solid reminder for Canadians crossing the U.S. border and some important changes in the Canadian privacy landscape.  There’s our regular scan of access to information and privacy stories across Canada, with an interesting group of stories from Maggie Macintosh at […]

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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 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.  Canadian Privacy and whistleblower news […]

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 […]

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’s 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 […]

This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, June 28th.   We have 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 […]

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 proposed, and privacy […]