Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner says she has significant concerns about two bills tabled by the government earlier this month. The bills amend existing access to information and privacy rules, and were touted by ministers as being the strictest privacy regulations in Canada. But Diane McLeod, Alberta’s independent privacy and information commissioner, says the government […]
Read MoreThe information and privacy commissioner for the Yukon says the current approach to access to information isn’t working. In the Yukon ombudsman’s 2023 annual report, tabled in the territorial legislature on Oct. 21, Jason Pedlar said the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (ATIPPA) needs to be amended to give the commissioner the […]
Read MoreThe 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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