News Roundup

News Roundup


20240907 Access and Privacy Online

Show Notes for Saturday September 7th. Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.   Show Notes: Clearview AI fined $33.7 million by Dutch data protection watchdog over ‘illegal database’ of faces  https://fipa.bc.ca/clearview-ai-fined-33-7-million-by-dutch-data-protection-watchdog-over-illegal-database-of-faces/   A great teaching opportunity’: How one school board plans to use AI in the classroom  https://fipa.bc.ca/a-great-teaching-opportunity-how-one-school-board-plans-to-use-ai-in-the-classroom/   Black students are […]

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20240831 Access and Privacy Online

Show Notes for Saturday August 31st. Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.   Show Notes: What is Telegram and Why Was its CEO Arrested in Paris  https://fipa.bc.ca/what-is-telegram-and-why-was-its-ceo-arrested-in-paris/    Frances Macron Says Arrest of the Head of the Telegram Messaging App Wasn’t Political  https://fipa.bc.ca/frances-macron-says-arrest-of-the-head-of-the-telegram-messaging-app-wasnt-political/  French Judge Extends Police Custody for Telegram […]

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20240824 Access and Privacy Online

Show Notes for Saturday August 24th. Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.   Show Notes: Voters in Arizona and Montana can decide on constitutional right to abortion  https://fipa.bc.ca/voters-in-arizona-and-montana-can-decide-on-constitutional-right-to-abortion/   Montana becomes eighth state with ballot measure seeking to protect abortion rights  https://fipa.bc.ca/montana-becomes-eighth-state-with-ballot-measure-seeking-to-protect-abortion-rights/   Wrongful death suit against Disney serves as a warning […]

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20240817 Access and Privacy Online

Show Notes for Saturday August 17th. Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.   Show Notes: Are you a Cash App user? You may be eligible for a piece of this $15 million settlement  https://fipa.bc.ca/are-you-a-cash-app-user-you-may-be-eligible-for-a-piece-of-this-15-million-settlement/  The UN is moving to fight cybercrime but privacy groups say human rights will be violated  […]

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20240803 Access and Privacy Online

Show Notes for Saturday August 3rd. Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.   Show Notes: Senators call on Federal Trade Commission to investigate automakers’ sale of driving data to brokers https://fipa.bc.ca/senators-call-on-federal-trade-commission-to-investigate-automakers-sale-of-driving-data-to-brokers/ FIPA 2015 The Connected Car https://fipa.bc.ca/connected-car/ FIPA 2019 Update to ‘The Connected Car’ https://fipa.bc.ca/2019-update-to-the-connected-car/ A Privacy Code Practice for […]

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20240727 Access and Privacy Online

Show Notes for Saturday July 27th. Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.   Show Notes: CrowdStrike CEO called to testify to Congress over cybersecurity’s firm role in global tech outage  https://fipa.bc.ca/crowdstrike-ceo-called-to-testify-to-congress-over-cybersecuritys-firm-role-in-global-tech-outage/  Tech outage latest | Airlines and others rush to get back on track after global tech disruption  https://fipa.bc.ca/tech-outage-latest-airlines-and-others-rush-to-get-back-on-track-after-global-tech-disruption/  Malicious […]

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20240720 Access and Privacy Online

Show Notes for Saturday July 20th. Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.   Show Notes: One Tech Tip: Protecting yourself against SIM swapping https://fipa.bc.ca/one-tech-tip-protecting-yourself-against-sim-swapping/ What’s worse than thieves hacking into your bank account? When they steal your phone number, too https://fipa.bc.ca/whats-worse-than-thieves-hacking-into-your-bank-account-when-they-steal-your-phone-number-too ‘Data of nearly all AT&T customers downloaded from a […]

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20240713 Access and Privacy Online

Show Notes for Saturday July 13th. Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.   Show Notes: Exclusive: National Indigenous Tourism to cut funding for provincial groups  Matteo Cimellaro – Canada’s National Observer  Foreign Visitors want to experience indigenous tourism, but federal supports lacking.  NRA’s ex-CFO agreed to 10-year not-for-profit ban, still […]

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Access and Privacy Online Launch

Last spring, FIPA began more extensive News Monitoring with content through Canadian Press. We’re pleased to announce we are expanding that into a weekly podcast.  Your weekly roundup of the news stories impacting the information management field.  Available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM.  FIPA will continue to build and expand the […]

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