2024 season episode 44

2024 season episode 44


20241102 Access and Privacy Online

Show Notes for Saturday November 2nd. Also available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM. Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Send comments to: FIPAOnline @ fipa.bc.ca You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.   Full Show Notes: Office of the Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites associated with Indian Residential Schools  https://osi-bis.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/OSI-BIS-Press-Release.pdf   https://osi-bis.ca/osi-resources/reports/?report-type=final-report […]

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N.S. barristers’ society welcomes report on ‘prevalent’ racism in legal system

The governing council of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society has unanimously voted to accept the recommendations in a new report on how to better address systemic racism in the province’s legal community. Released Tuesday, the report by lawyer and former provincial ombudsman Douglas Ruck says there is “real, centuries-long, and still prevalent” anti-Black racism and […]

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Legislative session in Alberta reconvenes with plenty of items for the rural watchlist

Legislation around property rights, gun ownership, tourism and parental involvement in education should spark the interest of rural Albertans, the UCP’s government house leader speculated in announcing plans for this week’s reconvened session of the legislature. But pleasing people who live beyond the province’s cities is not driving his party’s fall agenda, Joseph Schow said […]

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Deep River to restrict “frivolous, vexatious” complaints

You can fight city hall, but city hall is saying it may fight back if it deems that fight to be frivolous. With that in mind, Deep River council gave the green light last week for the development of a policy dealing with “frivolous, vexatious and unreasonable” requests made of the municipality. Development of that […]

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Privacy commissioner investigates federal revenue agency data breaches

The federal privacy watchdog has opened an investigation into cyberattacks on the Canada Revenue Agency that led to more than 30,000 privacy breaches dating back to 2020.  In a news release, the office of privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne says the federal revenue agency reported the breaches in May of this year. The commissioner’s office says […]

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Hungary’s Orbán boosts Georgia’s ruling party over election despite an outcry the vote was rigged

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán gave a boost Tuesday to Georgia’s ruling party, saying its victory in a parliamentary election in the South Caucasus nation was free and democratic despite a massive opposition protest that denounced the vote as rigged and illegitimate. Orbán, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest partner in the […]

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Colorado accidentally put voting system passwords online, but officials say election is secure

DENVER (AP) — Voting system passwords were mistakenly put on the Colorado Secretary of State’s website for several months before being spotted and taken down, but the lapse did not pose an immediate threat to the upcoming election, said state election officials Tuesday. The passwords were only one of two that are needed to access […]

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Yukon privacy commissioner’s concerns about facial recognition lead to proposed Traffic Safety Act changes

The Yukon government has proposed amendments to parts the Traffic Safety Act that deal with facial recognition software. The amendments are based off of suggestions from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner.   Section 215 of the bill deals with the use of facial recognition software. In a motion made on Oct. 15, the […]

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Pope’s child protection board urges transparency from Vatican sex abuse office and compensation

Pope Francis’ child protection board called Tuesday for victims of clergy sexual abuse to have greater access to information about their cases and the right to compensation, in the first-ever global assessment of the Catholic Church’s efforts to address the crisis. The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors issued a series of findings and […]

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Work permit changes worrying for child-care staff shortages: colleges, Ontario

New federal rules would prevent international students who graduate from early childhood education programs from applying for a work permit in Canada — a change that the Ontario government, colleges and advocates warn will kneecap the growth of Ottawa’s signature $10-a-day child-care program. Under immigration changes announced last month, the postgraduate work permits, which were […]

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How to protect yourself from scammers offering fake jobs

NEW YORK (AP) — Between finding openings, sending out your resume and interviewing, looking for a job is tough. Now a growing trend of scammers impersonating recruiters is making it even harder. In the last year, job scams have been on the rise, according to Eva Velasquez, president and CEO of the Identity Theft Resource […]

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Italian politicians express alarm at latest data breach allegedly affecting 800,000 citizens

MILAN (AP) — Italian politicians called Monday for better protection of citizens’ online data following a probe into a hacking scheme that allegedly breached law enforcement, tax authority and other sensitive public data. According to prosecutors in Milan, the data of at least 800,000 Italians was compromised in breaches dating from 2022 by a private […]

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