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20250705 Access and Privacy Online
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 changes that impact privacy in missing persons cases, and a BC case that intersects reasonable expectations of privacy in the workplace.
We’ll have our scan of Canadian stories that intersect, or were informed by access to information, and we will then shift south of the border with more government chaos and legal battles.
This week, we’ll wrap with a look at troubling privacy and access stories across the globe that include hiding official information, criminals targeting personal data, and actions that target religious groups at risk.
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Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
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Canadian Privacy Headlines
- Ontario investigating alleged data breach of 200,000 home care patients’ info
- GNWT taking feedback on draft Missing Persons Act until July 24
- B.C. tribunal dismisses damage claim against man who shared ex’s nudes with employer
Access-Informed Stories from Across Canada
- Where They Stand – Cree Nation Grand Chief candidates unveil election campaigns
- Figures suggest six-figure payout for former Manitoba Hydro CEO
- ‘Left hanging’: Saskatchewan residents of fire-ravaged village blast province
U.S. Surveillance, Health Fraud, and Data Wars
- Columbia student data stolen by politically motivated hacker, university says
- 20 states sue after the Trump administration releases private Medicaid data to deportation officials
- Anne Wojcicki’s nonprofit gets court approval to buy 23andMe for $305 million
- More than 300 charged in $14.6 billion health care fraud schemes takedown, Justice Department says
- Supreme Court upholds Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing pornography online
- What to know about online age verification laws
- More refunds are being sent to Fortnite players ‘tricked’ into unwanted purchases. How you can apply
- Trumps drop ‘Made in the USA’ label for new phone and a debate ensues: How to define ‘made’?
Global Privacy and Access Watch
- Major reports about how climate change affects the US are removed from websites
- Backgrounder: Summary of joint investigation into data breach at 23andMe by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the UK Information Commissioner
- Australian airline Qantas says customer data stolen by cybercriminal
- Denmark arrests a man wanted in Germany for allegedly gathering information on Jews for Iran
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 changes that impact privacy in missing persons cases, and a BC case that intersects reasonable expectations of privacy in the workplace.
We’ll have our scan of Canadian stories that intersect, or were informed by access to information, and we will then shift south of the border with more government chaos and legal battles.
This week, we’ll wrap with a look at troubling privacy and access stories across the globe that include hiding official information, criminals targeting personal data, and actions that target religious groups at risk.
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
Canadian Privacy Headlines
- Ontario investigating alleged data breach of 200,000 home care patients’ info
- GNWT taking feedback on draft Missing Persons Act until July 24
- B.C. tribunal dismisses damage claim against man who shared ex’s nudes with employer
Access-Informed Stories from Across Canada
- Where They Stand – Cree Nation Grand Chief candidates unveil election campaigns
- Figures suggest six-figure payout for former Manitoba Hydro CEO
- ‘Left hanging’: Saskatchewan residents of fire-ravaged village blast province
U.S. Surveillance, Health Fraud, and Data Wars
- Columbia student data stolen by politically motivated hacker, university says
- 20 states sue after the Trump administration releases private Medicaid data to deportation officials
- Anne Wojcicki’s nonprofit gets court approval to buy 23andMe for $305 million
- More than 300 charged in $14.6 billion health care fraud schemes takedown, Justice Department says
- Supreme Court upholds Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing pornography online
- What to know about online age verification laws
- More refunds are being sent to Fortnite players ‘tricked’ into unwanted purchases. How you can apply
- Trumps drop ‘Made in the USA’ label for new phone and a debate ensues: How to define ‘made’?
Global Privacy and Access Watch
- Major reports about how climate change affects the US are removed from websites
- Backgrounder: Summary of joint investigation into data breach at 23andMe by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the UK Information Commissioner
- Australian airline Qantas says customer data stolen by cybercriminal
- Denmark arrests a man wanted in Germany for allegedly gathering information on Jews for Iran