Your FIPA Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday June 29th. Several of the Canadian National, Provincial, and International stories that hit our radar over the past week include:
- The Saskatchewan government refuses to listen to their independent appointed Privacy commissioner’s suggestions that they should release documents
- The supreme court has ruled against unreasonable search and seizure of teachers in the workplace
- Police Officers in Seattle who attended the January 6th riots and insurrection seek to remain private.
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- Saskatchewan ignoring requests from privacy commissioner to release documents: report
- Mandryk: FOIP one of many reasons for the Moe government to apologize
- Saskatchewan ignored 84 requests to release documents: privacy commissioner
- UN launches global principles to combat online hate and demands big tech take action now
- Facial recognition startup Clearview AI settles privacy suit
- Joint investigation of Clearview AI, Inc. by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec, the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia, and the Information Privacy Commissioner of Alberta
- Spy watchdog raps RCMP over application of protocol to avoid complicity in torture
- Demo shows use of drones by RCMP in rural, Indigenous communities
- National security adviser defends cabinet confidence in foreign meddling probe
- Ontario public school teachers are protected from unreasonable searches: top court
- Car dealerships in North America revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider
- Parts of Washington state parental rights law criticized as a ‘forced outing’ placed on hold
- Washington high court to decide if Seattle officers who attended Jan. 6 rally can remain anonymous
