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20260606 Access and Privacy Online
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, June 6th.
This week, we begin in Alberta, where new FIPA-Ipsos polling shows strong public support for enforceable privacy rules after the exposure of voter information for 2.9 million Albertans.
We’ll also look at Alberta’s new combined ID cards, the federal lawful access bill, connected vehicle data, and several access-to-information stories that show how public records continue to shape accountability across the country.
And before we go, we’ll turn to whistleblowing — from B.C.’s first securities whistleblower award to an Ontario court ruling on undercover investigations.
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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Full Show Links
FIPA Voter Privacy.ca
- House of Commons E-Petition
- Voterprivacy.ca
- Information misuse puts you at risk
Alberta Data Breach Network Update
- Albertans Want Better Safeguards for Voter Information
- 2026 FIPA IPSOS Alberta Survey
- Information and Privacy Commissioner notes that recent online poll indicates support in Alberta for increased safeguards for voter information held by political parties
- Worst breach in Canadian history’: Privacy watchdog cites Alberta voter list leak concerns in renewed call for oversight
- Albertans want more safeguards for voter information held by political parties: poll
- Letter to Premier Smith: Place Political Parties Under Privacy Law
Canadian Privacy
- Alberta to roll out new ID cards in July with health numbers and citizenship markers
- Alberta merging health care number, proof of citizenship with driver’s licence
- Anandasangaree rejects shortening metadata retention period in lawful access bill
- MPs get an earful from opponents of ‘lawful access’ bill over privacy concerns
- Federal government’s new AI strategy will emphasize trust, minister says
- Munis catching up with new privacy legislation
- Town & Country News – https://www.townandcountrynews.ca/munis-catching-up-with-new-privacy-legislation/
- Culturally – appropriate resources could save lives, deputy grand chief tells inquest
Canadian National Access and Privacy
- Connected vehicle data ‘can have intelligence value’ to adversaries: federal document
- Survey respondents identify shortcomings in review of Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act
- Natural gas companies lobbied against Canada’s latest plan to reduce household emissions: documents
- Ottawa endorses plan to move Marineland’s whales to U.S. and Spain
Canadian Provincial Access
- Here’s what Hydro-Québec fought to hide from the Newfoundland and Labrador government
- Ontario in secrecy-by-default mode, critics say after blue licence plate reversal
- Markham residents are pushing back against a Franklin Carmichael Park sport court. Here’s why
- Asbestos found in soil sample from former GM Site in St. Catharines hours after push for provincial action
- Humboldt councillor questions exclusion from council email
- Community urged to join effort to enhance newcomer supports
- Portage Graphic Leader – https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/community-urged-to-join-effort-to-enhance-newcomer-supports
- Tesla threatens legal action over Manitoba’s end to EV rebate for company vehicles
US and International
- Congress has taken on Epstein. But lawmakers and survivors are still searching for accountability
- Bondi refuses to answer lawmakers’ questions about Trump’s involvement in Epstein files release
- California sues 23andMe, alleging it failed to protect user data in 2023 breach
- Google employee charged with using confidential search data to make $1.2 million on Polymarket
- Malaysia bans social media accounts for children under 16 but questions remain
Canadian Whistleblowing
- B.C. Securities Commission hands out first whistleblower award
- Ontario’s top court restores agriculture law parts targeting animal rights activists
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, June 6th.
This week, we begin in Alberta, where new FIPA-Ipsos polling shows strong public support for enforceable privacy rules after the exposure of voter information for 2.9 million Albertans.
We’ll also look at Alberta’s new combined ID cards, the federal lawful access bill, connected vehicle data, and several access-to-information stories that show how public records continue to shape accountability across the country.
And before we go, we’ll turn to whistleblowing — from B.C.’s first securities whistleblower award to an Ontario court ruling on undercover investigations.
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
FIPA Voter Privacy.ca
- House of Commons E-Petition
- Voterprivacy.ca
- Information misuse puts you at risk
Alberta Data Breach Network Update
- Albertans Want Better Safeguards for Voter Information
- 2026 FIPA IPSOS Alberta Survey
- Information and Privacy Commissioner notes that recent online poll indicates support in Alberta for increased safeguards for voter information held by political parties
- Worst breach in Canadian history’: Privacy watchdog cites Alberta voter list leak concerns in renewed call for oversight
- Albertans want more safeguards for voter information held by political parties: poll
- Letter to Premier Smith: Place Political Parties Under Privacy Law
Canadian Privacy
- Alberta to roll out new ID cards in July with health numbers and citizenship markers
- Alberta merging health care number, proof of citizenship with driver’s licence
- Anandasangaree rejects shortening metadata retention period in lawful access bill
- MPs get an earful from opponents of ‘lawful access’ bill over privacy concerns
- Federal government’s new AI strategy will emphasize trust, minister says
- Munis catching up with new privacy legislation
- Town & Country News – https://www.townandcountrynews.ca/munis-catching-up-with-new-privacy-legislation/
- Culturally – appropriate resources could save lives, deputy grand chief tells inquest
Canadian National Access and Privacy
- Connected vehicle data ‘can have intelligence value’ to adversaries: federal document
- Survey respondents identify shortcomings in review of Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act
- Natural gas companies lobbied against Canada’s latest plan to reduce household emissions: documents
- Ottawa endorses plan to move Marineland’s whales to U.S. and Spain
Canadian Provincial Access
- Here’s what Hydro-Québec fought to hide from the Newfoundland and Labrador government
- Ontario in secrecy-by-default mode, critics say after blue licence plate reversal
- Markham residents are pushing back against a Franklin Carmichael Park sport court. Here’s why
- Asbestos found in soil sample from former GM Site in St. Catharines hours after push for provincial action
- Humboldt councillor questions exclusion from council email
- Community urged to join effort to enhance newcomer supports
- Portage Graphic Leader – https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/community-urged-to-join-effort-to-enhance-newcomer-supports
- Tesla threatens legal action over Manitoba’s end to EV rebate for company vehicles
US and International
- Congress has taken on Epstein. But lawmakers and survivors are still searching for accountability
- Bondi refuses to answer lawmakers’ questions about Trump’s involvement in Epstein files release
- California sues 23andMe, alleging it failed to protect user data in 2023 breach
- Google employee charged with using confidential search data to make $1.2 million on Polymarket
- Malaysia bans social media accounts for children under 16 but questions remain
Canadian Whistleblowing
- B.C. Securities Commission hands out first whistleblower award
- Ontario’s top court restores agriculture law parts targeting animal rights activists
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom