News Summary June 27th, 2026

This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, June 20th.  This week: transparency systems under scrutiny in B.C., new federal privacy and online safety proposals, whistleblower concerns from Montreal police, and major U.S. stories on public records, voter data, and law enforcement accountability.  And as another reminder: House of Commons petition E-7237, calling for stronger voter privacy protections, closes on July 4th.  Show Notes: https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/20260627-access... Individual Stories: https://fipa.bc.ca/tag/2026-season-ep... FIPA voterprivacy.ca  • Voterprivacy.ca: www.voterprivacy.ca (http://www.voterprivacy.ca/)   • House of Commons E-Petition: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/e... • Important: After signing this Parliamentary petition, you must confirm your email address via the reply email they send you for your signature to count.  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...)