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20260627 Access and Privacy Online
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, June 27th.
This week: transparency systems under scrutiny in B.C., new federal privacy and online safety proposals, whistleblower concerns from Montreal police, and major U.S. stories on public records, voter data, and law enforcement accountability.
And a quick reminder: House of Commons petition E-7237, calling for stronger voter privacy protections, closes on July 4th.
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
- Voterprivacy.ca
- House of Commons E-Petition
- Important: After signing this Parliamentary petition, you must confirm your email address via the reply email they send you for your signature to count.
Network Update
- Transparency Systems Must Themselves Be Transparent
- Annual Report and Service Plan 2025/2026: Commissioner calls for reform to modernize laws to build trust amid unprecedented demand for OIPC services
- Letter to Minister Gibson Re: Collection & Reporting of Public Body FOI Metrics
- Commissioner calls for mandatory reporting of public body FOI metrics as new report reveals transparency gap
- Privacy experts and civil liberties groups denounce the Liberal government’s shut down of much-needed debate on dangerous state surveillance bill C-22
Canadian Privacy
- Here’s what you need to know about Ottawa’s new policies on social media and AI
- Updated AI policy will protect privacy, NSC says
- Manitoba eyes shrinkflation law, grocery store in downtown Winnipeg
- Canada backs gig worker rights globally while restricting the right to strike at home
- Unearthing the truth about residential schools goes beyond digging up potential mass graves, experts say
- Investigative Journalism Foundation – https://theijf.org/article/residential-schools-goes-beyond-digging
- Ontario man accused of stealing Texas Republican Party data pleads guilty in Canada
- Afghan war veteran battling DND over privacy violation and benefit payment snafu
Canadian Access and Whistleblowers
- Bid to narrow transparency law ‘a move in the wrong direction,’ info watchdog says
- American families stuck in limbo: Citizenship applicants caught in IRCC’s ‘black hole’
- Experts on both sides of the pond say Alberta would do well to learn from Brexit
- ‘Where’s animal welfare services?’: Marineland whistleblower claims injured deer, elk being sent to slaughterhouses
- Muslim group and federal culture minister decry alleged attack on imam in Victoria
Montreal Police Whistleblowers
- Montreal police chief to meet city officials behind closed doors over racism concerns
- Montreal police admit they’re aware Black staff fear reprisals for denouncing racism
- Black Montreal police employees told management some are worried about going to work
International Developments
- Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show
- What a reporter found when uncovering why federal agents allowed a deadly drug to hit the streets
- ‘They failed her:’ Indy’s hospital to jail pipeline
- Judge blocks use of federal database to check citizenship, saying it could wrongly purge voters
- Fees for public records? A bill could kneecap California transparency laws
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, June 27th.
This week: transparency systems under scrutiny in B.C., new federal privacy and online safety proposals, whistleblower concerns from Montreal police, and major U.S. stories on public records, voter data, and law enforcement accountability.
And a quick reminder: House of Commons petition E-7237, calling for stronger voter privacy protections, closes on July 4th.
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
- Voterprivacy.ca
- House of Commons E-Petition
- Important: After signing this Parliamentary petition, you must confirm your email address via the reply email they send you for your signature to count.
Network Update
- Transparency Systems Must Themselves Be Transparent
- Annual Report and Service Plan 2025/2026: Commissioner calls for reform to modernize laws to build trust amid unprecedented demand for OIPC services
- Letter to Minister Gibson Re: Collection & Reporting of Public Body FOI Metrics
- Commissioner calls for mandatory reporting of public body FOI metrics as new report reveals transparency gap
- Privacy experts and civil liberties groups denounce the Liberal government’s shut down of much-needed debate on dangerous state surveillance bill C-22
Canadian Privacy
- Here’s what you need to know about Ottawa’s new policies on social media and AI
- Updated AI policy will protect privacy, NSC says
- Manitoba eyes shrinkflation law, grocery store in downtown Winnipeg
- Canada backs gig worker rights globally while restricting the right to strike at home
- Unearthing the truth about residential schools goes beyond digging up potential mass graves, experts say
- Investigative Journalism Foundation – https://theijf.org/article/residential-schools-goes-beyond-digging
- Ontario man accused of stealing Texas Republican Party data pleads guilty in Canada
- Afghan war veteran battling DND over privacy violation and benefit payment snafu
Canadian Access and Whistleblowers
- Bid to narrow transparency law ‘a move in the wrong direction,’ info watchdog says
- American families stuck in limbo: Citizenship applicants caught in IRCC’s ‘black hole’
- Experts on both sides of the pond say Alberta would do well to learn from Brexit
- ‘Where’s animal welfare services?’: Marineland whistleblower claims injured deer, elk being sent to slaughterhouses
- Muslim group and federal culture minister decry alleged attack on imam in Victoria
Montreal Police Whistleblowers
- Montreal police chief to meet city officials behind closed doors over racism concerns
- Montreal police admit they’re aware Black staff fear reprisals for denouncing racism
- Black Montreal police employees told management some are worried about going to work
International Developments
- Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show
- What a reporter found when uncovering why federal agents allowed a deadly drug to hit the streets
- ‘They failed her:’ Indy’s hospital to jail pipeline
- Judge blocks use of federal database to check citizenship, saying it could wrongly purge voters
- Fees for public records? A bill could kneecap California transparency laws
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom