DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware’s largest hospital system will pay more than $47 million to settle whistleblower allegations by its […]
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Rite Aid banned from facial recognition tech use for 5 years after faulty theft targeting in stores
Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition technology for five years over allegations that its surveillance system was […]
Three of the biggest porn sites must verify ages to protect kids under Europe’s new digital law
LONDON (AP) — Three of the world’s biggest porn websites face new requirements in the European Union that include verifying […]
Xfinity notifies its customers of data breach linked to software vulnerability
NEW YORK (AP) — Hackers accessed Xfinity customers’ personal information by exploiting a vulnerability in software used by the company, the Comcast-owned […]
‘Pushed down our throats’: Letters detail school pronoun concerns in Saskatchewan
REGINA — The Saskatchewan government received 18 official complaints in the summer before it implemented a rule preventing most children […]
Full disclosure: companies face emissions reporting mandates even as Canada lags
TORONTO — It’s getting harder for companies to hide their dirty secrets. Regulators around the world are increasingly forcing them […]
Leaders seek to expand crime fighting net of cameras and sensors beyond New Mexico’s largest city
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s largest city is blanketed with 10,000 cameras, license plate readers along some of the […]
Climate change could be avenue for adversaries to harm Canada, spy service warns
OTTAWA — Canada’s spy service warns that dramatic shifts caused by climate change and the ensuing fractious upheaval around the […]
Another beluga dies at Marineland, bringing total whale deaths to 15 since 2019
Another beluga whale has died at Marineland, bringing the number of whales that have died at the Niagara Falls, Ont., […]
FIPA at Government Info Days 2023
FIPA had the opportunity and privilege to attend and present at Government Information Days. The annual event is coordinated by an organizing committee of government info librarians who develop the programs and share hosting.
Black people disproportionately stopped, searched by Toronto police: report
Black people in Toronto are disproportionately stopped and searched by police despite the Ontario government’s efforts to regulate so-called “street […]