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20260912 Access and Privacy Online
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, September 12th.
Today: B.C.’s Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner announces consultation and a new approach to access delays; migrants defending their right to protest; courts confronting secrecy; expanding police surveillance; and U.S. whistleblowers warning about dangerous shortcuts.
- Voterprivacy.ca
- OIPC launches consultation on large volume freedom of information requests
- News Release: https://www.oipc.bc.ca/documents/news-releases/3239
- Participate in the consultation: https://surveys.crcresearch.com/S2/?st=kgzAN%2FgooJGI58DXBDXA4TMM35It2LATScaIYjUahOg%3D
- ICLMG De Risking Event Registration
- Migrants Right to Protest Petition
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
OIPC Consultation
- OIPC launches consultation on large volume freedom of information requests
- Participate in the consultation:
- Updated Guide to OIPC processes (PIPA)
- Updated Guide to OIPC processes (FIPPA)
- Framework infographic
- Updated Time extension guidelines for public bodies
Network Update
- “The Damage of De-risking: How Canada’s Policies to Counter Terrorism Financing Drive Financial Exclusion”
- Authoritarian Rise: Canada Is Not Immune!
- Letter to feds decries immigration status checks at Calgary protest
- Migrants Have the Right to Protest Without Fear
- Sign the petition
Legal Matters
- Federal Court orders release of some secret material in Nazi war crimes study
- Quebec courts say generative AI cannot replace judges’ reasoning
- Immigrant rights group seeks to block use of federal databases it says could purge legal voters
- Nearly a decade after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, New Mexico alone is taking Facebook to trial
Canadian Access and Privacy
- Cape Breton union leader wants to take Indigenous women into decision-making places
- Internal data reveals 726 Quebecers waiting in hospital for long-term care beds
- Closing the Gap: Burlington Ward 4 Candidate Olivia Duke Campaigns on Communication and Accountability
- Wollaston posts closed meeting regarding Nellie Lunn Park potential transfer to KLT online for short time
- The Bancroft Times – https://www.bancroftthisweek.com/
- How 1,200 Saskatchewan teachers have experienced the province’s pronoun policy
- Melfort security camera registry aims to aid investigations
- Calgary city councillor apologetic but unrepentant over budget document leTCPak
- AI minister says solutions exist after Anthropic researcher quits over safety fears
- American weapons and tech firm Axon has Canadian police in a chokehold
- Investigative Journalism Foundation – https://theijf.org/article/canadian-police-in-chokehold
US Access and Privacy
- Scams in the US are at a record high. Yet most victims get no help and some end up losing even more
- Midterm mail ballots start to go to voters as litigation over Trump’s order creates uncertainty
- Postal Service work to comply with Trump’s executive order is rushed, sloppy, whistleblower contends
- Trump again appeals to Supreme Court on mail-voting restrictions with midterm elections looming
- ICE whistleblower warned of ‘unprecedented lowering of standards’ during hiring spree
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, September 12th.
Today: B.C.’s Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner announces consultation and a new approach to access delays; migrants defending their right to protest; courts confronting secrecy; expanding police surveillance; and U.S. whistleblowers warning about dangerous shortcuts.
- Voterprivacy.ca
- OIPC launches consultation on large volume freedom of information requests
- News Release: https://www.oipc.bc.ca/documents/news-releases/3239
- Participate in the consultation: https://surveys.crcresearch.com/S2/?st=kgzAN%2FgooJGI58DXBDXA4TMM35It2LATScaIYjUahOg%3D
- ICLMG De Risking Event Registration
- Migrants Right to Protest Petition
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
OIPC Consultation
- OIPC launches consultation on large volume freedom of information requests
- Participate in the consultation:
- Updated Guide to OIPC processes (PIPA)
- Updated Guide to OIPC processes (FIPPA)
- Framework infographic
- Updated Time extension guidelines for public bodies
Network Update
- “The Damage of De-risking: How Canada’s Policies to Counter Terrorism Financing Drive Financial Exclusion”
- Authoritarian Rise: Canada Is Not Immune!
- Letter to feds decries immigration status checks at Calgary protest
- Migrants Have the Right to Protest Without Fear
- Sign the petition
Legal Matters
- Federal Court orders release of some secret material in Nazi war crimes study
- Quebec courts say generative AI cannot replace judges’ reasoning
- Immigrant rights group seeks to block use of federal databases it says could purge legal voters
- Nearly a decade after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, New Mexico alone is taking Facebook to trial
Canadian Access and Privacy
- Cape Breton union leader wants to take Indigenous women into decision-making places
- Internal data reveals 726 Quebecers waiting in hospital for long-term care beds
- Closing the Gap: Burlington Ward 4 Candidate Olivia Duke Campaigns on Communication and Accountability
- Wollaston posts closed meeting regarding Nellie Lunn Park potential transfer to KLT online for short time
- The Bancroft Times – https://www.bancroftthisweek.com/
- How 1,200 Saskatchewan teachers have experienced the province’s pronoun policy
- Melfort security camera registry aims to aid investigations
- Calgary city councillor apologetic but unrepentant over budget document leTCPak
- AI minister says solutions exist after Anthropic researcher quits over safety fears
- American weapons and tech firm Axon has Canadian police in a chokehold
- Investigative Journalism Foundation – https://theijf.org/article/canadian-police-in-chokehold
US Access and Privacy
- Scams in the US are at a record high. Yet most victims get no help and some end up losing even more
- Midterm mail ballots start to go to voters as litigation over Trump’s order creates uncertainty
- Postal Service work to comply with Trump’s executive order is rushed, sloppy, whistleblower contends
- Trump again appeals to Supreme Court on mail-voting restrictions with midterm elections looming
- ICE whistleblower warned of ‘unprecedented lowering of standards’ during hiring spree
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom