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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 the Winnipeg Free Press.
Plus, we see the settlement of the lawsuit against Meta, have our now-regular review of the erosion of privacy and access to information in the United States, and look at international stories that came to our attention.
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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Privacy at the Border & in Canada
- A guide to protecting your privacy at U.S. borders
- Sask.’s new privacy commissioner on her office’s role in an era of AI
- Federal privacy watchdog discontinues investigation into student data breach
Access and Privacy Across Canada
- Town of Caledon officially launches Lobbyist Registry
- Workplace assessment of RCMP watchdog found ‘clear call for change,’ documents show
- Provincial code of conduct in schools protects students from gender, sexual orientation disclosure
- https://fipa.bc.ca/provincial-code-of-conduct-in-schools-protects-students-from-gender-sexual-orientation-disclosure/
- Winnipeg Free Press – https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/07/23/provincial-code-of-conduct-in-schools-protects-students-from-gender-sexual-orientation-disclosure#:~:text=%E2%80%9CSome%20students%20who%20are%20part,gender%20identity%20or%20sexual%20orientation.%E2%80%9D
- Reading, writing, punching, kicking
- Minister puts faith in ‘student-centred’ approach to combating classroom violence
- https://fipa.bc.ca/minister-puts-faith-in-student-centred-approach-to-combating-classroom-violence/
- Winnipeg Free Press – https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/07/22/minister-puts-faith-in-student-centred-approach-to-combating-classroom-violence#:~:text=Manitoba’s%20new%20code%20of%20conduct,in%20response%20to%20student%20misbehaviour.
- Study finds genetically distinct bull trout population in Kananaskis could be devastated by proposed logging project
- https://fipa.bc.ca/study-finds-genetically-distinct-bull-trout-population-in-kananaskis-could-be-devastated-by-proposed-logging-project/
- Rocky Mountain Outlook – https://www.rmoutlook.com/jasper-news/study-finds-genetically-distinct-bull-trout-population-in-kananaskis-could-be-devastated-by-proposed-logging-project-10933559
- Essex launches revamped online ‘Report a Problem’ tool that allows residents to check on status
- Yukon government considers recovery home in Whistle Bend
Meta Lawsuit and U.S. Privacy Stories
- Settlement reached in investors’ lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other company leaders
- In American life, a growing and forbidding visual rises: The law-enforcement officer in a mask
- Ex-NYPD commissioner accuses NYC mayor of ‘character assassination’ in $10 million defamation claim
Erosion of Privacy and Access Under Trump
- 3 Democrat-led states have rolled back Medicaid access for people lacking permanent legal status
- Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE
- Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
- Bondi facing Democratic calls to testify following report she told Trump he was in Epstein files
International Access and Privacy Stories
- These tips from experts can help your teenager navigate AI companions
- UK arrests four people over cyber attacks on Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods
- Interpol takes anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson off its most-wanted list
- British spies and special forces identities exposed in Afghan data leak
- A former security guard at the US Embassy in Norway is accused of spying for Russia and Iran
To Protect your rights, ask MPs to:
- Stop Bill C-2
- Amend Bill C-4
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 the Winnipeg Free Press.
Plus, we see the settlement of the lawsuit against Meta, have our now-regular review of the erosion of privacy and access to information in the United States, and look at international stories that came to our attention.
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
Privacy at the Border & in Canada
- A guide to protecting your privacy at U.S. borders
- Sask.’s new privacy commissioner on her office’s role in an era of AI
- Federal privacy watchdog discontinues investigation into student data breach
Access and Privacy Across Canada
- Town of Caledon officially launches Lobbyist Registry
- Workplace assessment of RCMP watchdog found ‘clear call for change,’ documents show
- Provincial code of conduct in schools protects students from gender, sexual orientation disclosure
- https://fipa.bc.ca/provincial-code-of-conduct-in-schools-protects-students-from-gender-sexual-orientation-disclosure/
- Winnipeg Free Press – https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/07/23/provincial-code-of-conduct-in-schools-protects-students-from-gender-sexual-orientation-disclosure#:~:text=%E2%80%9CSome%20students%20who%20are%20part,gender%20identity%20or%20sexual%20orientation.%E2%80%9D
- Reading, writing, punching, kicking
- Minister puts faith in ‘student-centred’ approach to combating classroom violence
- https://fipa.bc.ca/minister-puts-faith-in-student-centred-approach-to-combating-classroom-violence/
- Winnipeg Free Press – https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/07/22/minister-puts-faith-in-student-centred-approach-to-combating-classroom-violence#:~:text=Manitoba’s%20new%20code%20of%20conduct,in%20response%20to%20student%20misbehaviour.
- Study finds genetically distinct bull trout population in Kananaskis could be devastated by proposed logging project
- https://fipa.bc.ca/study-finds-genetically-distinct-bull-trout-population-in-kananaskis-could-be-devastated-by-proposed-logging-project/
- Rocky Mountain Outlook – https://www.rmoutlook.com/jasper-news/study-finds-genetically-distinct-bull-trout-population-in-kananaskis-could-be-devastated-by-proposed-logging-project-10933559
- Essex launches revamped online ‘Report a Problem’ tool that allows residents to check on status
- Yukon government considers recovery home in Whistle Bend
Meta Lawsuit and U.S. Privacy Stories
- Settlement reached in investors’ lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other company leaders
- In American life, a growing and forbidding visual rises: The law-enforcement officer in a mask
- Ex-NYPD commissioner accuses NYC mayor of ‘character assassination’ in $10 million defamation claim
Erosion of Privacy and Access Under Trump
- 3 Democrat-led states have rolled back Medicaid access for people lacking permanent legal status
- Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE
- Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
- Bondi facing Democratic calls to testify following report she told Trump he was in Epstein files
International Access and Privacy Stories
- These tips from experts can help your teenager navigate AI companions
- UK arrests four people over cyber attacks on Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods
- Interpol takes anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson off its most-wanted list
- British spies and special forces identities exposed in Afghan data leak
- A former security guard at the US Embassy in Norway is accused of spying for Russia and Iran
To Protect your rights, ask MPs to:
- Stop Bill C-2
- Amend Bill C-4