News Summary July 25th, 2026

This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, July 25th.  We are into the news doldrums of summer right now; that said, there are still stories hitting our radar. This week: bridge records, surveillance pricing, paid priority access to Truth Social, and Vatican secrecy all hit the FIPA radar.  Show Notes: https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/20260725-access... Individual Stories: https://fipa.bc.ca/tag/2026-season-ep... FIPA voterprivacy.ca  • Voterprivacy.ca: www.voterprivacy.ca (http://www.voterprivacy.ca) Support these efforts by subscribing (https://fipa.bc.ca/news-monitoring/)  or donating (https://fipa.bc.ca/get-involved/donate/) .  Send comments to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])   Our Contributors:  Writing: Shaun Fisk (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaun-fis...)  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth (https://www.lastborninthewilderness.c...)  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder (http://www.breakmastercylinder.com/)    Access and Privacy Online: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resources... News stories through the Canadian Press (https://www.thecanadianpress.com/) , Feedly (https://feedly.com/homepage) , and ICLMG (https://iclmg.ca/) .  Available through: PodBean (https://fipanews.podbean.com/) , Apple iTunes (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...) ,  YouTube (   • Access and Privacy Online  ) , Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1T3TLp2...) , Amazon Music (https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/68c...) , iHeartRadio (https://iheart.com/podcast/188043276) , PlayerFM. (https://player.fm/series/3581259)  ListenNotes (https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/...) ,  Podchaser (https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/ac...) , Boomplay (https://www.boomplaymusic.com/podcast...)