The Ministry of Labour and Citizens’ Services sought judicial review of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of BC (IPC) decision […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Canada’s Privacy Commissioners urge feds to cool plan for expanded surveillance of communications
Parliament should take a cautious approach to legislative proposals to create an expanded surveillance regime that would have serious repercussions […]
BC FIPA Makes Submissions on Copyright Reforms Proposed in Bill C-61
BC FIPA has submitted its response to the Consultation on Copyright Reform instigated in relation to the proposed legislation in […]
FIPA Annual Report for 2008
It’s been another busy year for FIPA! Read all about it in our Annual Report for 2008 (pdf).
FIPA Bulletin – August 2009
In this issue: FIPA asks Commissioner to Investigate illegal destruction of BC Cabinet e-mail E-Health privacy campaign urges people to […]
Canadian government introduces Bill to increase police surveillance of Internet
The federal government introduced legislation today which would vastly increase police surveillance of Canadians’ Internet communications. Since 2001, privacy watchdog […]