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20261017 Access and Privacy Online
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, October 17th.
This week: election privacy, public records, and a university data breach. We’ll examine AI oversight, American accountability gaps, and international disputes over information and personal safety.
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
Hot Topics
- 2026 FIPA Election Resources
- 2026 Political Privacy Code Update
- Alberta judge rejects NDP court challenge on voter list changes
- Fact File: Safeguards prevent bulk referendum ballot applications, officials say
- ‘No one is above law’: RCMP probe into Ford’s Greenbelt scandal reaches 3-year mark
Canadian Access
- Ontario blocks a few career colleges from OSAP for three additional years
- Tensions climb in Devil’s Glen
- The Narwhal – https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-rock-climbing-devils-glen/
- Incumbents Mat Siscoe in St. Catharines and Jim Diodati in Niagara Falls using corporate resources to campaign—violation of rules
- We need stronger sexual health education — the ‘Cornell 7’ case shows why
- Pesticide present in Oka water
- The Eastern Door – https://easterndoor.com/article/pesticide-present-in-oka-water
- Witless Bay wants more subsidies from Province to fund town positions
- The Shoreline News – https://theshoreline.ca/
Canadian Privacy
- October is Cyber Security Awareness Month
- The Wakaw Recorder – https://wakawrecorder.ca/
- Hackers access decade worth of personal data at Canadian Mennonite University
- FBI arrests Canadian in ShinyHunters hack of the bureau’s jobs portal
- FBI arrests suspect in ShinyHunters hack of the bureau’s jobs portal
Artificial Intelligence
- Canada’s settlement services are going digital. AI should support workers, not replace them
- A timeline of developments in AI safety since the attack on Hugging Face
- San Diego Police Department Is Weighing Using AI to Write Police Reports
US Access and Privacy
- Emergency help was delayed by confusion after failed execution of Christa Pike, 911 calls reveal
- Prison overcrowding is keeping Idaho women behind bars even after they’re granted parole
- Texas prosecutor says ICE officer appeared to intentionally strike a man with a vehicle in Houston
- ICE rejects suggestion that its officers wear body cameras that automatically activate
- Supreme Court sides with Trump administration in lawsuit seeking records on Elon Musk’s DOGE
- Blockbuster-era law governing privacy of video rentals gets a fresh look from the Supreme Court
- Nevada scientist among those logging ‘lost’ species as fewer endangered species are listed
International Access and Privacy
- Iran calls latest US response to proposal insufficient, and other Mideast developments
- Rights groups urge social media platforms to resist Turkish orders to block accounts
- One Tech Tip: Lake America backlash fuels interest in Google Maps alternatives
- US, Zambia sign $2.49B health financing pact after removing data and specimen-sharing terms
- Deported to Central African Republic, a transgender woman who lived openly in Miami is hiding again
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom
Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, October 17th.
This week: election privacy, public records, and a university data breach. We’ll examine AI oversight, American accountability gaps, and international disputes over information and personal safety.
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
Hot Topics
- 2026 FIPA Election Resources
- 2026 Political Privacy Code Update
- Alberta judge rejects NDP court challenge on voter list changes
- Fact File: Safeguards prevent bulk referendum ballot applications, officials say
- ‘No one is above law’: RCMP probe into Ford’s Greenbelt scandal reaches 3-year mark
Canadian Access
- Ontario blocks a few career colleges from OSAP for three additional years
- Tensions climb in Devil’s Glen
- The Narwhal – https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-rock-climbing-devils-glen/
- Incumbents Mat Siscoe in St. Catharines and Jim Diodati in Niagara Falls using corporate resources to campaign—violation of rules
- We need stronger sexual health education — the ‘Cornell 7’ case shows why
- Pesticide present in Oka water
- The Eastern Door – https://easterndoor.com/article/pesticide-present-in-oka-water
- Witless Bay wants more subsidies from Province to fund town positions
- The Shoreline News – https://theshoreline.ca/
Canadian Privacy
- October is Cyber Security Awareness Month
- The Wakaw Recorder – https://wakawrecorder.ca/
- Hackers access decade worth of personal data at Canadian Mennonite University
- FBI arrests Canadian in ShinyHunters hack of the bureau’s jobs portal
- FBI arrests suspect in ShinyHunters hack of the bureau’s jobs portal
Artificial Intelligence
- Canada’s settlement services are going digital. AI should support workers, not replace them
- A timeline of developments in AI safety since the attack on Hugging Face
- San Diego Police Department Is Weighing Using AI to Write Police Reports
US Access and Privacy
- Emergency help was delayed by confusion after failed execution of Christa Pike, 911 calls reveal
- Prison overcrowding is keeping Idaho women behind bars even after they’re granted parole
- Texas prosecutor says ICE officer appeared to intentionally strike a man with a vehicle in Houston
- ICE rejects suggestion that its officers wear body cameras that automatically activate
- Supreme Court sides with Trump administration in lawsuit seeking records on Elon Musk’s DOGE
- Blockbuster-era law governing privacy of video rentals gets a fresh look from the Supreme Court
- Nevada scientist among those logging ‘lost’ species as fewer endangered species are listed
International Access and Privacy
- Iran calls latest US response to proposal insufficient, and other Mideast developments
- Rights groups urge social media platforms to resist Turkish orders to block accounts
- One Tech Tip: Lake America backlash fuels interest in Google Maps alternatives
- US, Zambia sign $2.49B health financing pact after removing data and specimen-sharing terms
- Deported to Central African Republic, a transgender woman who lived openly in Miami is hiding again
Other FIPA Updates
- Access and Privacy Online in the Classroom