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20251018 Access and Privacy Online
This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, October 18th.
We’ll start on Canada’s national front with some big examples of access providing insight into this Governments reaction to international pressures. There’s troubling actions from the nation’s intelligence agency as they act without regard to privacy, plus one Federal minister who seems prepared to give police even greater access to your personal information.
Then in our national scan of access and privacy stories from the provinces, we’ll have the latest from the Power School breach that impacted primary education across the country, and hear how one Conservative Party leader decided to invade the privacy of his caucus and how many of those caucus members willing submitted to his investigation to stay in his good graces.
To wrap we’ll travel south of the border and look at a California action to increase privacy to resist Trump’s immigration agenda, consider the most recent act to suppress Press Freedom and hear about the latest political refugee fleeing the United States.
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Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
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Bills C-2 and C-4
- Progressive groups rally ‘common front’ to march, challenge elements of Carney agenda
- Bill C-4 privacy enhancements are modest and fail to regulate politicians’ use of social bots
To Protect your rights, ask MPs to:
- Stop Bill C-2
- Amend Bill C-4
CDN National Access and Privacy
- Death row, detainment and dire geopolitics cause onslaught of Canadian consular cases
- Shifting global picture disrupted Canada’s national security strategy update: memo
- PM Carney directed ministers to map out their objectives for coming year
- CSIS lacked proper policies, procedures to manage new secret technology: spy watchdog
- CSIS pledges ‘robust’ review of technologies in response to critical watchdog report
- Minister open to changing bill that would give police easier access to personal data
CDN Provincial Access and Privacy
- U.S. man sentenced to prison over data breach that included Canadian students’ info
- B.C. Conservative Leader Rustad confirms search of MLA phones to find leak
- B.C. tables new law on closed meetings between First Nations and municipalities
- Gibsons OCP update designates Charman Lands as Parks, Rec, Conservation spaces
- Explore all APL has to offer during Ontario Public Libraries Week
- The Auroran – https://www.newspapers-online.com/auroran/
- Ontario is subsidizing an energy project in Georgian Bay despite expert advice
- The Narwhal – https://thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-pumped-storage-memo/
- Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority approves asset management plan
- New Tecumseth Times – https://newtectimes.com/
- Newfoundland and Labrador uprooting unhoused people in rural areas, workers say
US Access and Privacy
- California expands privacy protections as Democratic-led states resist Trump’s immigration agenda
- California governor vetoes bill to restrict kids’ access to AI chatbots
- News organizations, including Hegseth’s former employer Fox, reject new Pentagon reporting rules
- Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats
This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, October 18th.
We’ll start on Canada’s national front with some big examples of access providing insight into this Governments reaction to international pressures. There’s troubling actions from the nation’s intelligence agency as they act without regard to privacy, plus one Federal minister who seems prepared to give police even greater access to your personal information.
Then in our national scan of access and privacy stories from the provinces, we’ll have the latest from the Power School breach that impacted primary education across the country, and hear how one Conservative Party leader decided to invade the privacy of his caucus and how many of those caucus members willing submitted to his investigation to stay in his good graces.
To wrap we’ll travel south of the border and look at a California action to increase privacy to resist Trump’s immigration agenda, consider the most recent act to suppress Press Freedom and hear about the latest political refugee fleeing the United States.
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
Bills C-2 and C-4
- Progressive groups rally ‘common front’ to march, challenge elements of Carney agenda
- Bill C-4 privacy enhancements are modest and fail to regulate politicians’ use of social bots
To Protect your rights, ask MPs to:
- Stop Bill C-2
- Amend Bill C-4
CDN National Access and Privacy
- Death row, detainment and dire geopolitics cause onslaught of Canadian consular cases
- Shifting global picture disrupted Canada’s national security strategy update: memo
- PM Carney directed ministers to map out their objectives for coming year
- CSIS lacked proper policies, procedures to manage new secret technology: spy watchdog
- CSIS pledges ‘robust’ review of technologies in response to critical watchdog report
- Minister open to changing bill that would give police easier access to personal data
CDN Provincial Access and Privacy
- U.S. man sentenced to prison over data breach that included Canadian students’ info
- B.C. Conservative Leader Rustad confirms search of MLA phones to find leak
- B.C. tables new law on closed meetings between First Nations and municipalities
- Gibsons OCP update designates Charman Lands as Parks, Rec, Conservation spaces
- Explore all APL has to offer during Ontario Public Libraries Week
- The Auroran – https://www.newspapers-online.com/auroran/
- Ontario is subsidizing an energy project in Georgian Bay despite expert advice
- The Narwhal – https://thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-pumped-storage-memo/
- Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority approves asset management plan
- New Tecumseth Times – https://newtectimes.com/
- Newfoundland and Labrador uprooting unhoused people in rural areas, workers say
US Access and Privacy
- California expands privacy protections as Democratic-led states resist Trump’s immigration agenda
- California governor vetoes bill to restrict kids’ access to AI chatbots
- News organizations, including Hegseth’s former employer Fox, reject new Pentagon reporting rules
- Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats