Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, November 7th. This week: surveillance powers, environmental records, and the Crime Stoppers breach. Plus, military data gathering, American transparency battles, and AI’s growing influence on access to information.  With municipal and provincial elections across the country, the dust is still settling around newly elected leadership.  In […]

Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, October 31st. This week: the Crime Stoppers breach, Canada’s digital regulator, and student aid under scrutiny. Then, AI safety, American transparency battles, and the global scam industry.  With municipal and provincial elections across the country, the dust is still settling around newly elected leadership.  In the […]

Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, October 17th. This week: election privacy, public records, and a university data breach. We’ll examine AI oversight, American accountability gaps, and international disputes over information and personal safety.  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.   […]

Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, October 10th. This week: voter privacy, a stalled citizenship guide, student-aid spending, workplace AI, a U.S. court-system breach, and Norway’s proposed smart-glasses restrictions. 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 Links FIPA Voter […]

Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, October 3rd. Today: campaign apps test voter privacy. A health chatbot connects care and commerce. AI agents breach digital boundaries. And public records expose hidden detention practices. 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 […]

Freedom of information is not a game © 2026 by Policy Options: Spencer Izen is republished under license CC BY-ND 4.0 At a recent meeting of Canadian freedom of information (FOI) researchers and advocates, the series of changes to provincial access legislation over the past year was called a race to the bottom. Last fall, […]

Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, September 19th. This week: banking without answers, access rights upheld, privacy lessons in classrooms, data-centre secrecy, America’s ballot battles, and new safeguards for students using AI. 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 […]

Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, September 12th. Today: B.C.’s Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner announces consultation and a new approach to access delays; migrants defending their right to protest; courts confronting secrecy; expanding police surveillance; and U.S. whistleblowers warning about dangerous shortcuts.  Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Send comments to: […]

Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, September 5th. This week: Ontario’s student-aid warning signs, a court fight over the right to be forgotten, a whistleblower warning that a rushed U.S. Postal Service system could put mail ballots at risk, and Meta’s new rules for young users. Let’s dive in. Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick […]

Join us for the virtual launch of ICLMG’s latest report: “The Damage of De-risking: How Canada’s Policies to Counter Terrorism Financing Drive Financial Exclusion” Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 7 PM ET, online on zoom REGISTER A humanitarian organization providing aid to civilians in Syria and other populations in crisis is suddenly told that their […]

Far from being a thing of the past, the war on terror has intensified over the years. It continues to fuel a power dynamic that erodes civil liberties in Canada, in the name of national security. Faced with this, the mobilizations of recent months, triggered by a flurry of bills proposed by the federal government, […]

Your Access and Privacy Online News Summary for Saturday, August 1st. This week: Alberta’s referendum costs and voter-file concerns; access records exposing hidden delays and historic mistreatment; municipal AI safeguards; and, internationally, the growing struggle over surveillance, public records, and platform control.   Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Send comments to: FIPAOnline @ fipa.bc.ca You […]