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20250628 Access and Privacy Online
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 provincial government to ban books and access to information showing how one elected official says one thing publicly while working for corporate interests behind the scenes.
And we’ll end with two international stories, including the Pope’s views on Artificial Intelligence—and the steps one country is taking to fight crime with weaponized police drones.
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
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Calls to Action
- To Protect your rights, ask MPs to:
- Stop Bill C-2 https://iclmg.ca/stop-bill-c-2/
- Amend Bill C-4 https://fipa.bc.ca/bill-c-4-2025/
Bill C-2 & C-4 Updates
- 4 reasons to be concerned about Bill C-4’s threats to Canadian privacy and sovereignty
- Border bill raises questions about expanded data sharing with U.S.: Citizen Lab
- Hundreds of groups call on Ottawa to scrap border bill over privacy, rights concerns
- Fentanyl czar says government’s border bill will help in fight against lethal drug
Across Canada: Privacy and Access
- NS Power expands offer of free credit monitoring for customers after cyberattack
- Some Newfoundland hydrogen companies behind in bills as industry hype ‘boils off’
- Ford government obfuscated Greenbelt records through code words: commissioner
- PM Carney says he has no plans to tackle 24 Sussex question during his mandate
- Newly launched Access to Information review is flawed, transparency advocates say
Focus Alberta
- Alberta youth have the right to school library books that reflect their lives, including sexuality
- ‘Not based on science’: documents show internal government scramble to expand Alberta cougar hunt
- UCP ‘disasters and fires’ fail Albertans with disabilities, NDP maintains
- Controversial Alberta private health centre helped behind the scenes by Airdrie mayor, documents reveal
Cybersecurity and Data Breaches
- Billions of login credentials have been leaked online, Cybernews researchers say
- Aflac finds suspicious activity on US network that may impact Social Security numbers, other data
- Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal in long-running Facebook privacy case
- Lack of appropriate safeguards led to 23andMe data breach, joint investigation finds
Trump-Era Surveillance and Fallout
- Louisiana AG investigating CVS for sending mass text messages lobbying against legislation
- Louisiana files lawsuits alleging pharmaceutical giant CVS deceived customers in text messages
- Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials
- California senators demand Trump immigration officials stop using Medicaid data
- Illinois officials investigate license-plate data shared with police seeking woman who had abortion
- Trump judicial nominee suggested ignoring court orders on deportations, whistleblower claims
- Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove denies advising lawyers to ignore court orders
International Stories
- Pope Leo XIV flags AI impact on kids’ intellectual and spiritual development
- Mexican police in Chiapas unveil armed drones to combat cartels
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 provincial government to ban books and access to information showing how one elected official says one thing publicly while working for corporate interests behind the scenes.
And we’ll end with two international stories, including the Pope’s views on Artificial Intelligence—and the steps one country is taking to fight crime with weaponized police drones.
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
Calls to Action
- To Protect your rights, ask MPs to:
- Stop Bill C-2 https://iclmg.ca/stop-bill-c-2/
- Amend Bill C-4 https://fipa.bc.ca/bill-c-4-2025/
Bill C-2 & C-4 Updates
- 4 reasons to be concerned about Bill C-4’s threats to Canadian privacy and sovereignty
- Border bill raises questions about expanded data sharing with U.S.: Citizen Lab
- Hundreds of groups call on Ottawa to scrap border bill over privacy, rights concerns
- Fentanyl czar says government’s border bill will help in fight against lethal drug
Across Canada: Privacy and Access
- NS Power expands offer of free credit monitoring for customers after cyberattack
- Some Newfoundland hydrogen companies behind in bills as industry hype ‘boils off’
- Ford government obfuscated Greenbelt records through code words: commissioner
- PM Carney says he has no plans to tackle 24 Sussex question during his mandate
- Newly launched Access to Information review is flawed, transparency advocates say
Focus Alberta
- Alberta youth have the right to school library books that reflect their lives, including sexuality
- ‘Not based on science’: documents show internal government scramble to expand Alberta cougar hunt
- UCP ‘disasters and fires’ fail Albertans with disabilities, NDP maintains
- Controversial Alberta private health centre helped behind the scenes by Airdrie mayor, documents reveal
Cybersecurity and Data Breaches
- Billions of login credentials have been leaked online, Cybernews researchers say
- Aflac finds suspicious activity on US network that may impact Social Security numbers, other data
- Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal in long-running Facebook privacy case
- Lack of appropriate safeguards led to 23andMe data breach, joint investigation finds
Trump-Era Surveillance and Fallout
- Louisiana AG investigating CVS for sending mass text messages lobbying against legislation
- Louisiana files lawsuits alleging pharmaceutical giant CVS deceived customers in text messages
- Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials
- California senators demand Trump immigration officials stop using Medicaid data
- Illinois officials investigate license-plate data shared with police seeking woman who had abortion
- Trump judicial nominee suggested ignoring court orders on deportations, whistleblower claims
- Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove denies advising lawyers to ignore court orders
International Stories
- Pope Leo XIV flags AI impact on kids’ intellectual and spiritual development
- Mexican police in Chiapas unveil armed drones to combat cartels