This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, November 15th.
With most political attention still focused on Ottawa, it’s a lighter news week—but one that gives us sharp insight into privacy, transparency, and information sharing, both here at home and around the world.
We start with Local Journalism Initiative reporting from coast to coast: Newfoundland’s AI policies after a major education scandal; Alberta’s continued push for sovereignty, despite no planning for separation; and in B.C., how private security firms and Canada’s spy agency may be sharing information behind closed doors.
We’ll move through national stories involving federal data, economic espionage, and the unclear mandate of a new special envoy role.
Internationally, a major South African whistleblower avoids jail, Turkish prosecutors seek a 2,300-year sentence for data misuse, and German authorities arrest a man for publishing political hit lists.
And we wrap in the U.S. with stories about unintended consequences—from a major government data breach to state drivers’ information being shared with ICE without officials realizing it.
Show Notes: https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/20251115-access-and-privacy-online/
Individual Stories: https://fipa.bc.ca/tag/2025-season-episode-46
Protect your rights, Canadian MPs need to:
Stop Bill C-2 https://iclmg.ca/stop-bill-c-2/
Stop Bill C-4 Part 4 https://fipa.bc.ca/bill-c-4-2025/
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