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20251115 Access and Privacy Online
This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, November 15th.
With attention still in Ottawa we have a lighter news week while still gaining important insight into privacy items domestically and abroad.
We travel coast to coast with local journalism initiative reporters looking at the DE prioritization of AI policies in Newfoundland, Alberta separatism in the spotlight and the public private partnerships funneling personal information from private security to Canada’s national spy agency.
We have international stories examining South African whistleblowers, Turkish prosecutors seeking a 2300-year prison term for privacy breaches, and a look at a case of potential German doxing.
We’ll wrap with two stories out of the US that look at how the country is treating data breaches, and the unintended consequences of data sharing arrangements between different levels and departments of government.
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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Canadian Provincial Roundup
- PCs ‘not prioritizing’ review of AI policies following Education Accord scandal
- Construction firm chosen for long-awaited Peel Memorial expansion; cost, timeline and what Brampton will get remain unclear
- https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/construction-firm-chosen-for-long-awaited-peel-memorial-expansion-cost-timeline-and-what-brampton-will-get-remain-unclear/
- The Pointer – https://thepointer.com/article/2025-11-07/construction-firm-chosen-for-long-awaited-peel-memorial-expansion-cost-timeline-and-what-brampton-will-get-remain-unclear
- Alberta is flirting with separatism. But documents show the province isn’t planning for it
- Dyck votes against Elections Alberta funding request on heels of his recall petition
- The day pipeline security followed me — and what I learned later about Canada’s spy agency
Canadian National Stories
- Freeland tasked with tapping Canadian businesses to help rebuild Ukraine
- Man accused of economic espionage tells court he was unhappy at Hydro-Québec
- Parliamentary committee revises order to share federal grant applicant data
International Access and Privacy
- Businessman who blew the whistle on a South African government bribery scandal gets plea deal
- Prosecutor seeks 2,352-year jail term for Istanbul’s jailed mayor over alleged corruption
- Man arrested on suspicion of calling for attacks on German politicians and publishing hit lists
US Unintended Consequences
- The Congressional Budget Office was hacked. It says it has implemented new security measures
- Exclusive: Democratic-led states are inadvertently sharing drivers’ data with ICE, officials say
FIPA Update
- FIPA Bill C-4 Part 4 Dashboard
- Bill C-4 Part 4 line-by-line and brief
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, November 15th.
With attention still in Ottawa we have a lighter news week while still gaining important insight into privacy items domestically and abroad.
We travel coast to coast with local journalism initiative reporters looking at the DE prioritization of AI policies in Newfoundland, Alberta separatism in the spotlight and the public private partnerships funneling personal information from private security to Canada’s national spy agency.
We have international stories examining South African whistleblowers, Turkish prosecutors seeking a 2300-year prison term for privacy breaches, and a look at a case of potential German doxing.
We’ll wrap with two stories out of the US that look at how the country is treating data breaches, and the unintended consequences of data sharing arrangements between different levels and departments of government.
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 Provincial Roundup
- PCs ‘not prioritizing’ review of AI policies following Education Accord scandal
- Construction firm chosen for long-awaited Peel Memorial expansion; cost, timeline and what Brampton will get remain unclear
- https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/construction-firm-chosen-for-long-awaited-peel-memorial-expansion-cost-timeline-and-what-brampton-will-get-remain-unclear/
- The Pointer – https://thepointer.com/article/2025-11-07/construction-firm-chosen-for-long-awaited-peel-memorial-expansion-cost-timeline-and-what-brampton-will-get-remain-unclear
- Alberta is flirting with separatism. But documents show the province isn’t planning for it
- Dyck votes against Elections Alberta funding request on heels of his recall petition
- The day pipeline security followed me — and what I learned later about Canada’s spy agency
Canadian National Stories
- Freeland tasked with tapping Canadian businesses to help rebuild Ukraine
- Man accused of economic espionage tells court he was unhappy at Hydro-Québec
- Parliamentary committee revises order to share federal grant applicant data
International Access and Privacy
- Businessman who blew the whistle on a South African government bribery scandal gets plea deal
- Prosecutor seeks 2,352-year jail term for Istanbul’s jailed mayor over alleged corruption
- Man arrested on suspicion of calling for attacks on German politicians and publishing hit lists
US Unintended Consequences
- The Congressional Budget Office was hacked. It says it has implemented new security measures
- Exclusive: Democratic-led states are inadvertently sharing drivers’ data with ICE, officials say
FIPA Update
- FIPA Bill C-4 Part 4 Dashboard
- Bill C-4 Part 4 line-by-line and brief
To Protect your rights, ask MPs to:
- Stop Bill C-2
- Amend Bill C-4