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Privacy

FIPA denounces waste of $180 million on program to collect and swap ‘unprecedented amount of personal information’ on citizens

In a letter sent to Premier Gordon Campbell today, FIPA Executive Director Darrell Evans criticized the announcement in the Speech […]

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Feb 11, 2010 2:09 PM
Access to InformationPrivacy

Committee reviewing BC’s FOI Act extends deadline for public submissions for a second time

A Special Committee of the BC Legislature that is reviewing the province’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act […]

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Feb 4, 2010 11:29 AM
Access to Information

BC FIPA Intervener Factum regarding effect of Time Limits in Alberta PIPA – 26 Jan 2010

BC FIPA filed a intervener factum in the Supreme Court of Canada on January 26, 2010 in case docket 33620. […]

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Jan 26, 2010 3:00 PM
Democratic Rights 

A New Year lesson for Canada and BC: Obama’s White House Promotes New Open Government Initiative

Under a new open government plan released by the Obama administration, U.S. government agencies must publish their information online in […]

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Jan 12, 2010 12:42 PM
Privacy

Privacy News Highlights – 2009

Weekly privacy news briefs from around the world Privacy News Highlights – 31 Jan 2009 Privacy News Highlights – 12 […]

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Dec 31, 2009 3:00 PM
Access to InformationLaw Reform

BC Supreme Court finds IPC decision (F08-07) reasonable in IBM contract disclosure dispute – 10 Dec 2009

The Ministry of Labour and Citizens’ Services sought judicial review of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of BC (IPC) decision […]

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Dec 10, 2009 3:00 PM
Democratic Rights 

Information commissioner battles challenges by bureaucracy

Opinion – Vaughn Palmer Vancouver Sun December 3, 2009 BC Information commissioner David Loukidelis is seeking a $400,000 legal budget […]

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Dec 3, 2009 12:42 PM
Privacy

Privacy breach hits BC’s citizens’ ministry

By Lindsay Kines and Rob Shaw Canwest News Service A B.C. government employee remained on the job for seven months […]

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Nov 26, 2009 4:04 PM
Access to InformationPrivacy

BC Government short-changes review of FOI Act

FIPA is calling on the Liberal government to give the Special Committee reviewing the Freedom of Information and Protection of […]

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Nov 23, 2009 12:42 AM
Privacy

Tainted Anti-Spam bill will facilitate secret corporate intrusion into your computer – UPDATE

The Electronic Commerce Protection Act (Bill C-27) is the Canadian anti-spam bill that comes out of committee on Wednesday October […]

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Oct 19, 2009 12:24 PM
Access to InformationPrivacy

Legislative Committee to Review BC’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

BC’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act is about to receive a legislative review for the third time […]

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Oct 19, 2009 12:42 AM
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