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FIPA We are a non-partisan non-profit community promoting and defending freedom of information and privacy rights in Canada.

The BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (FIPA) is a non-partisan, non-profit society that was established in 1991 to promote and defend freedom of information and privacy rights in Canada. Our goal is to empower citizens by increasing their access to information and their control over their own personal information. We serve a wide variety of individuals and organizations through programs of public education, public assistance, research, and law reform. We are one of very few public interest groups in Canada devoted solely to the advancement of freedom of information (FOI) and privacy rights.

10/17/2026

This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, October 17. 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. Show Notes: https://fipa.bc.c...

10/10/2026

This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, October 10. 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. Show Notes: https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/20261010-access-and-priv...

10/03/2026

This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, October 3rd. This week: campaign apps test voter privacy, a health chatbot connects care and commerce, AI agents breach digital boundaries, and public records expose hidden detention practices. Show Notes: https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/20261003-acce...

09/19/2026

This is your Access and Privacy 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. Show Notes: https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/20260919-ac...

09/12/2026
09/05/2026

This is your Access and Privacy 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 ...

08/29/2026

Canada’s Privacy Act was created for a very different technological era. Today, federal institutions can link datasets, automate decisions and use artificial intelligence to make inferences about people. What should the law require before government collects, shares or reuses personal information?...

08/22/2026

Canada’s Access to Information Act gives people a legal right to request federal government records. But delays, unclear duties, inconsistent service and gaps created by outsourcing can make that right difficult to use in practice. In this special commentary, host Patrick Farnsworth speaks with Pa...

08/08/2026

How do we know whether a freedom-of-information system is actually working? Counting closed files and measuring response times tells only part of the story. In this Access and Privacy Commentary, host Patrick Farnsworth speaks with FIPA researcher Spencer Izen, author of Drawing Access Together, alo...

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