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International Day for Universal Access to Information

Global Comparative Testing of Responses to FOI Requests

Today, on International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI), the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) relesed a report …
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PACC Joins the Call to Withdraw Bill C-2

The Privacy & Access Council of Canada, along with more than 65 other leading Canadian individuals and organizations, has endorsed …
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Transparency Performance Indicators

After years of work, the Kantara Initiative Anchored Notice and Consent Work Group has published as Kantara Recommendation “Transparency Performance Indicators”. The …
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Canada’s Children’s Privacy Code

The Privacy and Access Council of Canada (PACC) is pleased to have contributed to the Joint Submission to Canada’s Office …
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International Day for Universal Access to Information 2025

The 2025 International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI), hosted by UNESCO and the Government of the Republic of …
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Boundless boundaries of the Strong Borders Act

Days before Parliament recessed for the summer, the Government of Canada introduced the Strong Borders Act, ostensibly to increase security …
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Making children the centre of privacy protections

The OAIC is asking children, young people and parents to share how children’s privacy can be better protected online.  Listening …
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Watching the Watchers Yields Results

The collective pressure of our global community has been effective at bringing attention to the importance of encryption in protecting …
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Have Your Say

Building a Shared Framework for Digital Literacy in Canada

Participate in an upcoming national initiative to define common terms, share practical guidance, and outline a shared approach to digital literacy …
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EU Court Rules Commission in Violation of Transparency Law Over von der Leyen–Pfizer Texts

The General Court of the European Union has annulled the European Commission’s decision to refuse access to text messages relating …
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Report: Surveillance & Algorithmic Management at Work

The proliferation of surveillance technologies has seen them become a commonplace tool used by management in public, private, and nonprofit …
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Porn battle comes to Ohio 

Ohio is the latest state to consider passing laws that would require pornographic websites to implement digital age assurance measures. Knowing that …
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Report: Central Bank Digital Currency: What it is and how it could impact privacy, security, and anonymity

A newly released report examines how the adoption of a central bank digital currency in Canada could undermine the rights …
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European Parliament approves EU–Canada air passenger data agreement

MEPs have endorsed an agreement on transferring passenger name record (PNR) data from the EU to Canada, and on processing …
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Consultation: Platform Censorship

The FTC has requested comments regarding tech platform censorship, both on the extent to which tech firms are engaging in …
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Have Your Say

Exploring new ways for Canadians to share their health data

Statistics Canada wants to make it easier for Canadians to share their health information, which is important to improve the prevention, diagnosis and …
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PACC Endorses Joint Letter on UK Government’s Use of the Investigatory Powers Act to attack End-to-End Encryption

The Privacy and Access Council of Canada and more than 100 companies, cybersecurity experts, civil society organizations have submitted a letter to …
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Alberta OIPC shares survey results regarding potential amendments to Health Information Act

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) of Alberta is releasing three reports that summarize engagement work the …
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The walls have ears

Global Encryption Under Threat

Security officials in the United Kingdom have demanded that Apple create a back door allowing them to retrieve all the …
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New AI White Paper Series

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  • Boundless boundaries of the Strong Borders Act

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