Nova Scotia FOIPOP

• N.S. relaunches FOIPOP site 1,024 days after pulling it down over data breach

  A saga that has lasted more than 1,000 days came to an end on Thursday when Nova Scotia relaunched its FOIPOP website, allowing for greater government transparency.

  Politics

  Jan 21, 2021
  
• 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
  
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• Nova Scotians have been unable to file freedom of information requests online for 800 days

  Officials say that the online system is still set to go live this year, adding the launch has been affected by COVID-19.

  Politics

  Jun 12, 2020
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• 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
• ‘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
• Nova Scotia’s ‘failure’ to carry out due diligence on FOIPOP website led to data breach: reports

  Nova Scotia's Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner and Auditor General released reports on Tuesday that examined a series of privacy breaches

  Politics

  Jan 15, 2019
• 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
• Breached N.S. government website to receive changes to ‘core’ code to be fixed: Documents

  The information is gleaned from internal government emails and briefing notes written on April 5, the day the data breach was discovered by the province's internal services department.

  Canada

  May 23, 2018
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• 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