Freedom Of Information And Protection Of Privacy

• MLA Shannon Phillips cites Charter right violations in Lethbridge police search lawsuit

  MLA Shannon Phillips is suing several people, including Lethbridge Police Service members, saying her Charter rights were violated by illegal database searches.

  Crime

  Nov 25, 2022
  
• N.S. Liberal leadership candidates agree on updating FOIPOP legislation but not specific changes

  The three men who could be the next premier of Nova Scotia say it's time to update the law controlling government transparency. They're unwilling to commit to specific changes.

  Politics

  Dec 7, 2020
  
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• N.S. information commissioner says office legally hamstrung, short on resources

  Tricia Ralph's first annual report as commissioner highlighted a litany of continuing issues in Nova Scotia's privacy and information legislation.

  Politics

  Jul 15, 2020
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• Halifax tower crane ‘malfunctioned’ four months before collapse: redacted engineer’s report

  Aside from section titles, nearly every word is redacted from the report, including more than one full page that deals with “reasons for collapse.”

  Politics

  Jan 3, 2020
• Nova Scotia county thrashed by information commissioner for failing to follow transparency legislation

  The Municipality of the County of Kings was harshly reprimanded for its failure to respond to 12 access-to-information requests within the legally required time period.

  Politics

  Sep 26, 2018
• Here is everything we know about Nova Scotia’s FOIPOP website — 5 months after it was taken offline

  The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy website remains offline, displaying a "system unavailable" message to anyone who tries to access it.

  Politics

  Sep 3, 2018
• Contract for Nova Scotia’s FOIPOP site to be renewed with conditions

  The site was taken offline on April 5, after government detected a data breach that had allowed the release of social insurance numbers, birth dates, and personal addresses of multiple people.

  Canada

  Jun 29, 2018
• Still no timeline for fix of website at centre of N.S. data breach 40 days later

  The province's FOIPOP website was taken down on April 5 after a data breach exposed social insurance numbers, birth dates and personal addresses of multiple people.

  Politics

  May 15, 2018