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20260919 Access and Privacy Online
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, September 19th.
This week: banking without answers, access rights upheld, privacy lessons in classrooms, data-centre secrecy, America’s ballot battles, and new safeguards for students using AI.
- 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
- 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
ICLMG Network Update
- The Damage of De-risking: How Canada’s Policies to Counter Terrorism Financing Drive Financial Exclusion
- Executive Summary
- Full Report
Canadian Access
- N.B. mayors get training on roles, responsibilities
- Saint Croix Courier – https://chco.tv/n-b-mayors-get-training-on-roles-responsibilities/
- Court asked to order Élections Québec to mail out English voting information
- Élections Québec asked government to change French-language laws in 2023
- Libraries meeting changing community needs despite funding woes
- The Advocate – https://www.pictouadvocate.com/
- Don’t ignore access to information request, University of Saskatchewan told
- The Investigative Journalism Foundation – https://theijf.org/article/dont-ignore-access-to-information-request-university-of-saskatchewan-told
Canadian Privacy
- ‘We were essentially silenced’: how Ontario handcuffed its at-risk species experts
- The Narwhal – https://thenarwhal.ca/bill-5-endangered-species-experts/
- Students to learn the ABCs of IDK, OMG
- Calgary police charge three in extortion case, search for wanted man
- Back to School Brings More Than Just the 3Rs
- Wakaw Recorder – https://wakawrecorder.ca/
Canadian Data Centres and AI
- Bell AI data centre expansion in Sask. announced at investment summit
- Opposition decries Alberta’s purported ‘red carpet’ plan for AI data centres, more oil and gas
- The Narwhal – https://thenarwhal.ca/topics/data-centres-in-canada/
- O’Leary Digital appeal adds new front to Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation’s water license challenge
- Senators from both parties question OpenAI on breach of AI startup Hugging Face
US Election Battles
- The secret ballot has been an article of faith in US elections. That’s being tested in Georgia
- Trump’s push to restrict mail ballots has failed. Other efforts to reshape the midterms are ongoing
- Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterms
- Supreme Court lifts a cloud over midterms, letting mail ballots flow as normal to voters
- Missouri election chief faces whistleblower lawsuit from fired election integrity director
- Second federal judge freezes Trump mail ballot order with US Supreme Court poised to weigh in
- Federal charges announced in Texas are part of broader Trump focus on noncitizen voting
- DHS voter probe may break state laws and wrongly implicate US citizens, whistleblower alleges
US and International Access and Privacy
- Iran war has cost the US more than $38B, budget office says
- ACLU lawsuit seeks release of Hartford, Connecticut immigration court data
- Microsoft commits to sweeping AI privacy rules for students. Will other tech giants follow?
- Indigenous leader Raoni receives palliative care in Brazil after cancer diagnosis
- Switzerland publishes a 200-page dossier on Nazi war criminal Mengele nicknamed “Angel of Death”
- Japanese utility execs resign over falsified quake safety data for 2 nuclear reactors
Before we go reminder
- Travel scams are getting harder to spot. Here’s how to stay safe
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, September 19th.
This week: banking without answers, access rights upheld, privacy lessons in classrooms, data-centre secrecy, America’s ballot battles, and new safeguards for students using AI.
- 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
- 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
ICLMG Network Update
- The Damage of De-risking: How Canada’s Policies to Counter Terrorism Financing Drive Financial Exclusion
- Executive Summary
- Full Report
Canadian Access
- N.B. mayors get training on roles, responsibilities
- Saint Croix Courier – https://chco.tv/n-b-mayors-get-training-on-roles-responsibilities/
- Court asked to order Élections Québec to mail out English voting information
- Élections Québec asked government to change French-language laws in 2023
- Libraries meeting changing community needs despite funding woes
- The Advocate – https://www.pictouadvocate.com/
- Don’t ignore access to information request, University of Saskatchewan told
- The Investigative Journalism Foundation – https://theijf.org/article/dont-ignore-access-to-information-request-university-of-saskatchewan-told
Canadian Privacy
- ‘We were essentially silenced’: how Ontario handcuffed its at-risk species experts
- The Narwhal – https://thenarwhal.ca/bill-5-endangered-species-experts/
- Students to learn the ABCs of IDK, OMG
- Calgary police charge three in extortion case, search for wanted man
- Back to School Brings More Than Just the 3Rs
- Wakaw Recorder – https://wakawrecorder.ca/
Canadian Data Centres and AI
- Bell AI data centre expansion in Sask. announced at investment summit
- Opposition decries Alberta’s purported ‘red carpet’ plan for AI data centres, more oil and gas
- The Narwhal – https://thenarwhal.ca/topics/data-centres-in-canada/
- O’Leary Digital appeal adds new front to Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation’s water license challenge
- Senators from both parties question OpenAI on breach of AI startup Hugging Face
US Election Battles
- The secret ballot has been an article of faith in US elections. That’s being tested in Georgia
- Trump’s push to restrict mail ballots has failed. Other efforts to reshape the midterms are ongoing
- Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterms
- Supreme Court lifts a cloud over midterms, letting mail ballots flow as normal to voters
- Missouri election chief faces whistleblower lawsuit from fired election integrity director
- Second federal judge freezes Trump mail ballot order with US Supreme Court poised to weigh in
- Federal charges announced in Texas are part of broader Trump focus on noncitizen voting
- DHS voter probe may break state laws and wrongly implicate US citizens, whistleblower alleges
US and International Access and Privacy
- Iran war has cost the US more than $38B, budget office says
- ACLU lawsuit seeks release of Hartford, Connecticut immigration court data
- Microsoft commits to sweeping AI privacy rules for students. Will other tech giants follow?
- Indigenous leader Raoni receives palliative care in Brazil after cancer diagnosis
- Switzerland publishes a 200-page dossier on Nazi war criminal Mengele nicknamed “Angel of Death”
- Japanese utility execs resign over falsified quake safety data for 2 nuclear reactors
Before we go reminder
- Travel scams are getting harder to spot. Here’s how to stay safe
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom