The conviction of former Ministry of Transportation political staffer George Gretes for obstructing the Information and Privacy Commissioner in her […]
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Join us for the 2016 BC Information Summit
Since the last Information Summit, we have seen some major shifts in the freedom of information and privacy landscape. There […]
Join us for the 2016 BC Information Summit! Get your Early Bird tickets before they’re gone!
We have seen major shifts in the freedom of information and privacy rights landscape since our last Information Summit. This […]
Cost of RCMP ‘Project Souvenir’ (BC Leg Bombing)
Here are the documents we received from the RCMP in response to our ATI request for: “Records outlining the total […]
Time for Action on BC FOI Reform
The BC Legislature is coming back on Monday July 25 for a special sitting to pass legislation to allow the […]
The question of online reputation
In 2015, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada chose “Reputation and Privacy” as one of its priority areas […]
FIPA talks ATI reform with Commons Committee
FIPA was back in Ottawa earlier this month, once again talking about reform of the ancient Access to Information Act. […]
To surveil and protect (records from the public)
The VPD may or may not be engaging in mass cell phone surveillance Do you know if the Vancouver Police […]
Charges laid for the cover-up of the Triple-Delete scandal
Back in October, the BC Information and Privacy Commissioner released a scathing report on the destruction of email records related to missing […]
May 2016 Bulletin
Download the full May 2016 Bulletin, or use the links below to read individual articles online. In this issue: Charges laid for […]
Complaint to OIPC re BC Government posting individual FOI requests
On May 18, 2016, FIPA and the BC Civil Liberties Association filed a complaint with the Office of the Information and […]