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Democratic Rights Privacy

BC Government gets failing grade on program to monitor information security

A report from BC’s Auditor General says that the province has not established an effective process for monitoring the security […]

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Dec 10, 2010 12:42 AM
Resources

FIPA Bulletin – December 2010

In this issue: FIPA wins 6-year battle for release of $300 million IBM contract FIPA to start 2011 with new […]

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Dec 8, 2010 3:00 PM
Privacy

FIPA denounces anti-privacy Canadian privacy bill

FIPA has joined with CIPPIC and other Canadian rights groups to send an open letter to the House of Commons […]

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Nov 25, 2010 1:07 PM
Democratic Rights 

Poorly designed third party advertising rules chilled election debate, reduced voter access to information: Study

A new study has found that BC’s third party advertising rules caused extensive problems for “small spenders” such as non-profits […]

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Oct 6, 2010 12:42 AM
Privacy

BC Government’s plans for increased sharing of personal information increase risk of ‘Veterans Affairs-style’ privacy breaches

This week a shocking case was revealed in which the sensitive personal information of a federal government critic was examined […]

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Sep 24, 2010 2:07 PM
Privacy

Veterans Affairs critic’s confidential medical information given to minister

Tom Hanson/The Canadian Press Confidential medical and financial information belonging to an outspoken critic of Veterans Affairs, including part of […]

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Sep 22, 2010 12:42 AM

Third BC Information Summit asks: Are big changes ahead for freedom of information and privacy in BC?

Don’t miss the BC Information Summit 2010! Transparency Turnaround: When public information goes private and personal information goes public September […]

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Sep 15, 2010 3:47 PM
Access to InformationLaw Reform

BC Supreme Court denies review of OIPC order on “advice” exemption – 18 Aug 2010

BC FIPA sought a judicial review of the order by the Office of Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia […]

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Aug 18, 2010 10:01 PM
Resources

FIPA Bulletin – July 2010

In this issue: Meet BC’s new Information and Privacy Commissioner FOIPP Act review report a mixed bag FIPA report blasts […]

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Jul 14, 2010 3:00 PM
Democratic Rights 

Is Canada’s heritage minister an agent of foreign influence?

Heritage Minister James Moore accuses ‘radical extremists’ of opposing his proposed copyright legislation. FIPA’s Vincent Gogolek wonders if the minister […]

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Jul 5, 2010 2:51 PM
Access to InformationLaw Reform

BC FIPA presents submission to Alberta FOI and Privacy Review

BC FIPA presented its submission to the Alberta Legislative Standing Committee on Health review of the Freedom of Information and […]

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Jun 15, 2010 3:15 PM
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