Privacy Amendment Act News Today

Data protection, species of privacy law that controls access to information relating to the individual. Typically, data protection provides individuals with the right to see data held about themselves and to require correction. Beyond that, data protection determines how organizations holding data

Bill 22, the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2021, received royal assent and became law on November 25, 2021. The Bill made significant amendments to...

Amendments to British Columbia’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) taking effect on February 1, 2023, will impose more stringent privacy requirements on...

Under the BC Liberals and the NDP, the province has stalled FOI requests, choked access to information and muzzled staff.

Details of how the Progressive Conservative government plans to spend money in its budget are now be...

A bill opposed by journalism professors, business groups, the Union of BC Indian Chiefs and the province’s privacy commissioner was passed in the B.C. legislature Thursday by an NDP majority, as the opposition accused the government of ramming the bill through without due process.

Winnipeg Free Press By: Editorial | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Thursday, Apr. 22, 2021 Editorial When the stakes are as high as the health of our family and friends, it’s understandable many people are keenly interested in accurate and complete COVID-19 information. They’re not getting it in Manitoba, however, and the flow of information could become even more restricted if the provincial government gets its way. When the stakes are as high as t...

Winnipeg Free Press MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Provincial ombudsman Jill Perron has written a letter to Legislative and Public Affairs Minister Kelvin Goertzen stating her concern that Bill 49 (The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act) “will have significant practical implications for the access and privacy rights of Manitobans.” MANITOBA’S ombudsman has written a six-page letter to the government expressing concern that pending legislation wi...