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20260718 Access and Privacy Online
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, July 18th.
This week: FIPA calls for stronger federal privacy law; provinces narrow access to records; AI expansion tests energy, consent, and political accountability; and U.S. investigations raise new concerns for public records and press freedom.
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
- Privacy Act Recommendations
- New provincial laws are making it harder to access government records in Canada
- The ethics of being left out of health research
- How the federal government’s proposed digital regulator would work
Canadian Access Updates
- Three options presented for Market Wharf, Square project
- Saint Croix Courier – https://chco.tv/wharf-assessment-shows-two-areas-of-major-concern/
- N.B. municipal voluntary training sees widespread attendance
- Saint Croix Courier – https://chco.tv/nb-municipal-voluntary-training-sees-widespread-attendance/
- Police scandals are symptomatic of much larger issues
- A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance
- Ramara council backs safety review of Lake Couchiching seaplane base
- Ontario man fighting Stage 4 cancer seeking answers on out-of-country coverage denial
- Immigrant women turn skills and passions into businesses run from home
- Town of Slave Lake overhauls recreation subsidies with new LEAP bylaw
Canadian AI Updates
- Data centre capacity could soar to 20 GW in planned projects: government document
- Aspen View Public Schools sets strict rules for artificial intelligence in classrooms
- Nearly 200 Economists and Tech Leaders Warn of A.I. Threats
- Leslyn Lewis appointed as Conservative shadow minister for digital government
Canadian Privacy Updates
- Nova Scotia Power Inc. says late fees will return for first time since cyberattack
- Applications now open for Property Tax Rebate for Seniors program
- Victoria Reporter – https://porthawkesburyreporter.com/category/the-victoria-reporter/
- Between safety and surveillance: Ottawa’s digital policing expansion and the quiet redrawing of privacy
- Halton Hills eyeing new whistleblower program to target waste, fraud, wrongdoing
- Alberta education policy blocks child abuse prevention programs in schools
- Investigative Journalism Foundation – https://theijf.org/article/alberta-education-policy-blocks-child-abuse-prevention-programs-in-schools
- Red Deer RCMP to send drones to calls before officers arrive
- People Subject to BC Birth Alerts Can Now Apply for Compensation
US and International
- I’m Joe Lombardo’: Nevada governor not ticketed after being pulled over in a traffic stop
- Trump admin responds to border wall lawsuit by waiving a law at the center of the case
- Sherrone Moore’s former assistant sues University of Michigan, claims violations of records requests
- ‘Psychological war’: Inside California’s expanding use of jailhouse stings
- Ex-Epoch Times CFO pleads guilty in $67M multinational money laundering scheme
- New York Times reporters are subpoenaed after Air Force One stories, raising press freedom concerns
- Democrat announces whistleblower allegations of construction problems at Kennedy Center
- UK watchdog upholds ICC prosecutor Khan’s suspension as US threatens to ‘dismantle’ court
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, July 18th.
This week: FIPA calls for stronger federal privacy law; provinces narrow access to records; AI expansion tests energy, consent, and political accountability; and U.S. investigations raise new concerns for public records and press freedom.
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
- Privacy Act Recommendations
- New provincial laws are making it harder to access government records in Canada
- The ethics of being left out of health research
- How the federal government’s proposed digital regulator would work
Canadian Access Updates
- Three options presented for Market Wharf, Square project
- Saint Croix Courier – https://chco.tv/wharf-assessment-shows-two-areas-of-major-concern/
- N.B. municipal voluntary training sees widespread attendance
- Saint Croix Courier – https://chco.tv/nb-municipal-voluntary-training-sees-widespread-attendance/
- Police scandals are symptomatic of much larger issues
- A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance
- Ramara council backs safety review of Lake Couchiching seaplane base
- Ontario man fighting Stage 4 cancer seeking answers on out-of-country coverage denial
- Immigrant women turn skills and passions into businesses run from home
- Town of Slave Lake overhauls recreation subsidies with new LEAP bylaw
Canadian AI Updates
- Data centre capacity could soar to 20 GW in planned projects: government document
- Aspen View Public Schools sets strict rules for artificial intelligence in classrooms
- Nearly 200 Economists and Tech Leaders Warn of A.I. Threats
- Leslyn Lewis appointed as Conservative shadow minister for digital government
Canadian Privacy Updates
- Nova Scotia Power Inc. says late fees will return for first time since cyberattack
- Applications now open for Property Tax Rebate for Seniors program
- Victoria Reporter – https://porthawkesburyreporter.com/category/the-victoria-reporter/
- Between safety and surveillance: Ottawa’s digital policing expansion and the quiet redrawing of privacy
- Halton Hills eyeing new whistleblower program to target waste, fraud, wrongdoing
- Alberta education policy blocks child abuse prevention programs in schools
- Investigative Journalism Foundation – https://theijf.org/article/alberta-education-policy-blocks-child-abuse-prevention-programs-in-schools
- Red Deer RCMP to send drones to calls before officers arrive
- People Subject to BC Birth Alerts Can Now Apply for Compensation
US and International
- I’m Joe Lombardo’: Nevada governor not ticketed after being pulled over in a traffic stop
- Trump admin responds to border wall lawsuit by waiving a law at the center of the case
- Sherrone Moore’s former assistant sues University of Michigan, claims violations of records requests
- ‘Psychological war’: Inside California’s expanding use of jailhouse stings
- Ex-Epoch Times CFO pleads guilty in $67M multinational money laundering scheme
- New York Times reporters are subpoenaed after Air Force One stories, raising press freedom concerns
- Democrat announces whistleblower allegations of construction problems at Kennedy Center
- UK watchdog upholds ICC prosecutor Khan’s suspension as US threatens to ‘dismantle’ court
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom