Nova Scotia FOI

• N.S. rejects findings calling for release of documents on youth jail riot

  Information and privacy commissioner wrote that the department was refusing to release information about the risk of violence in the facility.

  Canada

  Mar 17, 2022
  
• After more than 650 days, province says Nova Scotians will be able to file FOI requests online again

  The tool was yanked down 651 days ago after a data breach on the website exposed 7,000 documents containing personal information such as social insurance numbers and child custody documents.

  Politics

  Jan 15, 2020
  
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• More instances of ‘unusual activity’ found on N.S. freedom of information website

  The province says they're also providing free credit reporting services for a year to the 323 people affected by the breach.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2018
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• Police ‘overreached’ in arrest of N.S. man accused in breach of website: experts

  David Fraser, a Halifax privacy lawyer, said "it seems like the Crown will have a very difficult time proving fraudulent intent."

  Canada

  Apr 17, 2018
• Halifax law firm looking into possible class action over N.S. data breach

  Information including social insurance numbers, birth dates and personal addresses were inappropriately accessed when the province's freedom of information (FOI) portal was breached between March 3 and 5.

  Crime

  Apr 16, 2018
• ‘No longer up to the task’: N.S. privacy watchdog says province’s laws need to change

  Critics of  Nova Scotia's privacy and information legislation point to the outdated laws as a reason to implement change.

  Politics

  Jun 27, 2017
• Nova Scotia information and privacy watchdog says access to information laws need strengthening

  Tully's 34 recommendations in the report released today call for a general strengthening and modernization of the province's access and privacy laws, which she says haven't yet entered the digital era.

  Canada

  Jun 27, 2017