News Summary October 18th, 2025

This is your Access and Privacy News Summary for Saturday, October 18th.   We’ll start on Canada’s national front with some big examples of access providing insight into this government’s reaction to international pressures. There are troubling actions from the nation's intelligence agency as they act without regard to privacy, plus one federal minister who seems prepared to give police even greater access to your personal information.    Then in our national scan of access and privacy stories from the provinces, we’ll have the latest from the PowerSchool breach that impacted primary education across the country and hear how one Conservative Party leader decided to invade the privacy of his caucus and how many of those caucus members willingly submitted to his investigation to stay in his good graces.   To wrap, we’ll travel south of the border and look at a California action to increase privacy to resist Trump’s immigration agenda, consider the most recent act to suppress press freedom, and hear about the latest political refugee fleeing the United States.  Show Notes: https://fipa.bc.ca/nm/20251018-access-and-privacy-online/  Individual Stories: https://fipa.bc.ca/tag/2025-season-episode-42  Protect your rights, Canadian MPs need to:  Stop Bill C-2 https://iclmg.ca/stop-bill-c-2/   Stop Bill C-4 Part 4 https://fipa.bc.ca/bill-c-4-2025/  Support these efforts by subscribing or donating.  Send comments to [email protected]  Our Contributors:  Writing: Shaun Fisk | Production: Patrick Farnsworth | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder   Access and Privacy Online: https://fipa.bc.ca/research-resources/podcasts/access-and-privacy-online/   News stories through the Canadian Press and Feedly.  Available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes,  YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM. ListenNotes,  Podchaser, Boomplay