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• 1,000 days and counting: Nova Scotia’s path to restoring online access to government transparency

  Nova Scotia’s FOIPOP Act allows journalists, academics, businesses, activists and any other Canadian to obtain government information that is normally withheld from the public.

  Politics

  Dec 29, 2020
  
• Nova Scotia unlikely to launch online freedom of information platform ahead of 1,000-day mark

  Dec. 29, will mark 1,000 days without Nova Scotians being able to file a freedom of information requests online. The province says it now hopes to have its platform up this winter.

  Politics

  Dec 14, 2020
  
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• ‘It will not protect Nova Scotians’: Information commissioner urges for overhaul of Nova Scotia privacy law

  Catherine Tully made an impassioned plea on the need to overhaul Nova Scotia's privacy legislation during an appearance Wednesday before the legislature's public accounts committee.

  Politics

  Feb 27, 2019
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• Nova Scotia re-launches FOIPOP website after 152 days of being offline

  The new website, developed by Red Sky IT Solutions Ltd., launched on Wednesday.

  Politics

  Sep 5, 2018
• No update on the status of Nova Scotia’s FOIPOP website 100 days later

  On Friday the government said that it has no update on the province's freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Portal (FOIPOP) 'at this time.'

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2018
• Still no timeline to bring Nova Scotia website back online, 76 days after data breach

  On Tuesday the government confirmed that there is still no timeline for when their Nova Scotia FOIPOP portal will be back online.

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2018
• N.S. Liberals block third attempt to have officials discuss data breach

  The web portal is still not back in operation after being taken down 41 days ago.

  Politics

  May 16, 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
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• ‘Didn’t have all the information’: Expert says new breaches show N.S. jumped the gun on FOIPOP arrest

  Evan d'Entremont, a software engineer and security researcher, says the new breaches are a clear indication the province jumped the gun.

  Crime

  Apr 30, 2018