Access and Privacy Online

News Summary August 31st 2024 Promo

Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, August 31st.    

• We’ll start with a summary of the current legal troubles Telegram CEO Pavel Durov faces in France.

• Look at how access to information research in the US is revealing intersecting issues in insurance coverage and downstream impacts from aging damn infrastructure.
• Wrapping up this week's podcast, we’ll hear from Amanda Follett Hosgood from The Tyee. Their impactful reporting details that Coastal GasLink intel was shared with the Indigenous Relations Ministry. We’ll consider how this intersects privacy considerations around a public body illegally collecting personal info. And how all of this was revealed through access to information requests tied to the Wet’suwet’en conflict.

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News Summary August 24th 2024

Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, August 24th. 

• In the most recently announced ballot initiatives in the US, voters in Arizona and Montana can decide on the constitutional right to abortion
• Documents obtained through access-to-information reveal Canadian Border Services Agency is set to use a facial recognition app for people facing deportation
• We’ll hear from FIPA president Mike Larsen about recent developments from the Investigative Journalism Foundation
• And we’ll wrap up the show with a review of stories that came in through the Alberta County of Stettler about the persistent shortage of doctors, highlighting the healthcare challenges faced by rural communities

Show Notes: https://fipa.bc.ca/20240824-access-and-privacy-online/

Individual Stories: https://fipa.bc.ca/tag/2024-season-episode-34/

 

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Our Contributors:

Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder

News Summary August 24th 2024 Promo

Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday August 24th.   

• In the most recently announced ballot initiatives in the US, voters in Arizona and Montana can decide on constitutional right to abortion

• Documents obtained through access-to-information reveal Canadian Border Services Agency is set to use a facial recognition app for people facing deportation

• We’ll hear from FIPA president Mike Larsen about recent developments from the Investigative Journalism Foundation

• And we’ll wrap up the show with a review of stories that came in through the Alberta County of Stettler about the persistent shortage of doctors, highlighting the healthcare challenges faced by rural communities

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News Summary August 17th 2024

Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, August 17th. 

• You may be entitled to a settlement from Cash App if you were affected by a data breach
• We take a look at the importance of freedom of information and the intersection of life and death that can come with it
• Local Journalism shows us the bittersweet nature of the government’s new promise to research the effects of the oilsands on health 

 

Show Notes: https://fipa.bc.ca/20240817-access-and-privacy-online/ 

Individual Stories: https://fipa.bc.ca/tag/2024-season-episode-33/

 

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Our Contributors: 

Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder

News Summary August 17th 2024 Promo

Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday August 17th.   

• You may be entitled to a settlement from Cash App if you were affected by a data breach
• We take a look at the importance of freedom of information and the intersection of life and death that can come with it
• Local Journalism shows us the bittersweet nature of the government’s new promise to research the effects of the oilsands on health

 

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A Brief Update for Access & Privacy Online

The team behind this podcast is taking a needed break this week, so we will not be providing a rundown of the access and privacy news in this edition of the program. Next week, we will be revitalized and back on our usual release schedule, so look out for that.

Be sure to check back next week for our take on the stories in the information field that impact you.

News Summary August 3rd 2024

Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, August 3rd. 

• Car makers are receiving consequences for profiting off people’s personal data in the States
• A new bill was passed in the states aimed at protecting kids
• BC prisons aren’t meeting standards according to recent reports
• We hear from Mike Larson on his hot takes of a public records request revealing the cop who shot Sonya Massey needed more training

 

Show Notes: https://fipa.bc.ca/20240803-access-and-privacy-online/

Individual Stories: https://fipa.bc.ca/tag/2024-season-episode-31/

 

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Send comments to FIPAOnline@fipa.bc.ca 

 

Our Contributors: 

Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder  

News Summary July 27th 2024

Coming up in your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, July 27th.

• We’ll inspect the CrowdStrike outage that disrupted many services last week
• We have child safety laws attempting to be passed in the States to protect kids online
• We’ll look at abortion rights in the states as well, and the resurgence of that
• We have access to information requests that have implications for future elections

Show Notes: https://fipa.bc.ca/20240727-access-and-privacy-online/ 

Individual Stories: https://fipa.bc.ca/tag/2024-season-episode-30/  

 

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Send comments to FIPAOnline@fipa.bc.ca 

 

Our Contributors: 

Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder