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20260711 Access and Privacy Online
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, July 11th.
We’re back after a holiday break. This week: a lawsuit over the exposure of nearly three million Alberta voters, unanswered questions about overdoses inside B.C. hospitals, expanding surveillance in the United States, and a serious threat to Germany’s freedom of information law.
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
Network Update
- Stop Canadian government’s complicity in torture!
- Lawsuit filed over voter privacy breach affecting almost three million Albertans
- Petition Wrap Up
Access Updates
- New Officers and Higher Investments Highlight Durham Police Update to Brock Council
- Ontario jail guards ask for help after coroner’s report on suicides in corrections
- Edmonton addiction treatment and detox sites eyed for forced treatment program, document reveals
- How Many People Are ODing in BC Hospitals? It’s Still a Mystery
- BC First Nations create their own justice path after decades calling for police accountability
- RCMP investigating New Year’s Day death in Iqaluit jail
- AI is reshaping both sides of Canada’s immigration fraud battle
- Office space scarce as federal public servants return to the office four days a week
Canadian Privacy Segment
- Orphaned patients can expect to be charged for medical records once their doctor retires
- Anti-coal petition lead Corb Lund questions Elections Alberta’s verification
- Court documents allege link between Project South investigation, Ryan Wedding case
- Community Connect gives Pincher Creek first responders a head start
Cyber Crime
- Calgary university investigating cyberattack affecting students, employees
- Shattered dreams on Canada Day: Broken immigration promises are based on false narratives
- Fraudsters posing as CLE representatives
- https://fipa.bc.ca/fraudsters-posing-as-cle-representatives/
- The Chronicle-Journal – https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/
US Access and Privacy
- The US lags other countries in social media restrictions for kids, but a reform push is growing
- Trump’s fixation on voting has had mixed results. He still has ways to affect November’s elections
- Election worker says federal officers confronted her at polls over social media post criticizing ICE
- Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to release voter records sought by conservative activist
- ICE arrests 10,000 in 5 days, a sharp late-June surge in Trump’s deportation push
- Vermont lawmakers tried to curb license plate surveillance. Police found a way around it.
- AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Colorado’s state primary
- A new law could create a list of immigrants illegally living in Mississippi. Advocates are alarmed
- Complaint seeks answers on Scouting America’s transgender policy after Pentagon deal
International Developments
- Trump administration’s $46 billion ‘smart wall’ races ahead on the US-Mexico border
- More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
- Turkish journalism groups say independent outlets denied accreditation for a NATO summit in Ankara
- Merz unveils sweeping reform push for Germany: Tax cuts, pension overhaul and new sick leave rules
- The SPD and CDU/CSU are planning to abolish the Freedom of Information Act (IFG).
- South Korea disputes US congressional report claiming discrimination against Seattle-based Coupang
Before we go
- Four days to make victims fall in love: How global scammers use US tech to fleece people
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, July 11th.
We’re back after a holiday break. This week: a lawsuit over the exposure of nearly three million Alberta voters, unanswered questions about overdoses inside B.C. hospitals, expanding surveillance in the United States, and a serious threat to Germany’s freedom of information law.
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
Network Update
- Stop Canadian government’s complicity in torture!
- Lawsuit filed over voter privacy breach affecting almost three million Albertans
- Petition Wrap Up
Access Updates
- New Officers and Higher Investments Highlight Durham Police Update to Brock Council
- Ontario jail guards ask for help after coroner’s report on suicides in corrections
- Edmonton addiction treatment and detox sites eyed for forced treatment program, document reveals
- How Many People Are ODing in BC Hospitals? It’s Still a Mystery
- BC First Nations create their own justice path after decades calling for police accountability
- RCMP investigating New Year’s Day death in Iqaluit jail
- AI is reshaping both sides of Canada’s immigration fraud battle
- Office space scarce as federal public servants return to the office four days a week
Canadian Privacy Segment
- Orphaned patients can expect to be charged for medical records once their doctor retires
- Anti-coal petition lead Corb Lund questions Elections Alberta’s verification
- Court documents allege link between Project South investigation, Ryan Wedding case
- Community Connect gives Pincher Creek first responders a head start
Cyber Crime
- Calgary university investigating cyberattack affecting students, employees
- Shattered dreams on Canada Day: Broken immigration promises are based on false narratives
- Fraudsters posing as CLE representatives
- https://fipa.bc.ca/fraudsters-posing-as-cle-representatives/
- The Chronicle-Journal – https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/
US Access and Privacy
- The US lags other countries in social media restrictions for kids, but a reform push is growing
- Trump’s fixation on voting has had mixed results. He still has ways to affect November’s elections
- Election worker says federal officers confronted her at polls over social media post criticizing ICE
- Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to release voter records sought by conservative activist
- ICE arrests 10,000 in 5 days, a sharp late-June surge in Trump’s deportation push
- Vermont lawmakers tried to curb license plate surveillance. Police found a way around it.
- AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Colorado’s state primary
- A new law could create a list of immigrants illegally living in Mississippi. Advocates are alarmed
- Complaint seeks answers on Scouting America’s transgender policy after Pentagon deal
International Developments
- Trump administration’s $46 billion ‘smart wall’ races ahead on the US-Mexico border
- More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing
- Turkish journalism groups say independent outlets denied accreditation for a NATO summit in Ankara
- Merz unveils sweeping reform push for Germany: Tax cuts, pension overhaul and new sick leave rules
- The SPD and CDU/CSU are planning to abolish the Freedom of Information Act (IFG).
- South Korea disputes US congressional report claiming discrimination against Seattle-based Coupang
Before we go
- Four days to make victims fall in love: How global scammers use US tech to fleece people
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom