PROPOSED CHANGES WOULD RADICALLY ALTER FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW Your privacy is at risk as never before in B.C., and […]
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Canadian Government misrepresents performance on Open Government to U.S. State Department
Joint FIPA-Newspapers Canada Letter To Secretary Clinton Corrects the Record Newspapers Canada and the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy […]
FOIPP Act amendments mean less privacy, no improvements to ailing FOI process
FIPA and the BC Civil Liberties Association are raising the alarm over amendments to the Freedom of Information and Protection […]
Right to Know Week features FOI workshop and FIPA’s 20th anniversary party
Right to Know Week in Canada takes place on Sept 26-Sep 30, 2011 RTK Week was created to raise people’s […]
FIPA Bulletin – August 2011
In this issue: BC’s ‘Open Information, Open Data’ plan shows promise …but the other side of ‘Government 2.0’ requires radical […]
“Stop Online Spying” Coalition Calls on Harper to strip online spying powers from omnibus crime bill
JOINT LETTER QUESTIONS WHY GOVERNMENT IS AVOIDING DEBATE ON INTERNET SURVEILLANCE LEGISLATION A new “Stop Online Spying” coalition of Canadian […]
BC government opens the information door a crack
GOVERNMENT MOVES TO ROUTINELY RELEASE SOME INFORMATION, BUT LOTS OF RECORDS REMAIN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS With its new “Open Information […]
BC FIPA and BCCLA letter to OIPC on ICBC proposal to share Facial Recognition Data with Police
The BCCLA and BC FIPA have sent a joint letter to the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC regarding media […]
Medical Privacy: New website will help public navigate mounting confusion over health privacy rights in BC
FIPA has created a website called “Health Information Privacy in British Columbia” to fill a serious lack of information available […]
Coalition against government surveillance of the internet (“lawful access”) growing by leaps and bounds
More than 30.000 people and organizations have signed an online petition against the federal government’s plan to sneak in internet […]
Federal ‘tough-on-crime’ legislation takes aim at civil liberties
SOME PROPOSALS HINDER PRIVACY RIGHTS By Ian Mulgrew Vancouver Sun June 7, 2011 The Conservative government’s omnibus “tough-on-crime” legislation should […]