The Municipality of Jasper has adopted new privacy regulations to bring it into compliance with updated provincial legislation. On Sept. 1, council approved the privacy management program. It gave third and final reading to the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Bylaw on Sept. 15, completing the process of adopting the new rules. Council […]

Wheatland County has approved changes to its artificial intelligence policy, adding stronger privacy restrictions and an explicit safeguard against using AI to broadly monitor or profile residents online. Council approved amendments to the county’s AI policy Sept. 22 after a lengthy discussion about personal information, chatbots, automated decision-making and public concerns about how governments could […]

Millions of students every day turn to AI chatbots for help with schoolwork, emotional support and personal advice — often unaware of where their conversations and other personal information end up. How that data is used — and schools’ role in protecting it — is a growing concern for educators, parents and kids as artificial […]