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  1. It all started with an unsecured #CrateDB that contained tweets from identifiable individuals that were stored by researchers under "mental health." I notified the University of Alberta of the exposure but also asked them whether they needed and had obtained consent for some of the research. More than one year later, they still wouldn't answer forthrightly.

    So after telling me they would not communicate with me any further, but also saying they comply with freedom of information requests under #FOIP, I filed under #FOIP.

    The U. of Alberta declared themselves exempt from responding to any of the requests.

    I've now posted the latest update in a seemingly futile attempt to get the U. of Alberta to be transparent about harvesting and processing social media material that they are then processing as "mental health." It's in the hand of the #OIPC now.

    Background and details about their lack of #transparency and the possibility that they are collecting info on minor children without parents' knowledge or consent at:

    pogowasright.org/update-univer

    #AI #ethics #research #consent #Alberta #dataleak #databreach

    @brett

  2. Makes you wonder what else the United Corruption Party is up to when they want to hide it so badly. Unreal. 😡 (This regards the current government in of the province of Alberta in Canada)

    #UCP #ucpalberta #Alberta #corruption #HidingInPlainSight #FOIP

    change.org/p/urge-lt-gov-lakha

  3. CW: Another update on U. of Alberta's lack of transparency

    OK, so a bit more on the issue with the University of Alberta and the exposed database of tweets related to "mental health:"

    I mulled over the uni's denial of my #FOIP request some more. They claimed none of my questions would be answered as it all falls under "research information."

    I think that's an overly broad approach to "research information," and the public has a right to know about policies and protections that researchers adopted for a study. I did not ask for any data. Hell, I had the data because they left it unsecured. All I asked was whether they needed consent, whether they obtained consent, how they knew they weren't collecting tweets from minor children, etc.

    I think those are all good questions.

    So now I have filed an appeal of their denial to the Commissioner's office.

    Background: pogowasright.org/update-univer

    We'll see what happens next.

    @brett

  4. This is an essential pillar of a functional democracy.

    "It is difficult not to look at the history of this matter and see the critical rights imbued by access to information as being largely illusory."

    #ABLeg #FOIP #OpenGov #ClosedGov
    2/2

  5. "Justice Kent Teskey warned the province that courts take a dim view of delay being used to neuter public attempts to understand how important decisions are made.

    'The requesting parties have been practically denied access to the information they are entitled to at law and this court will not abet this conduct through the availability of judicial review,' he wrote in a judgment released Friday."

    cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/jud

    #ableg #alberta #cdnpoli #canada #coal #mining #foi #foia #foip #atip

  6. Seeking Alberta FOIP advice distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2024

    Hey good people, does anyone have advice on how I should interpret this and move forward?

    #ABLeg #FOIP #FOIA #TRAHR #distlib

  7. More from the Open By Default project.

    UFOs, buried treasure, COVID fines and thousands of monkeys: Introducing Open By Default theijf.org/open-by-default-rou

    #OpenGov #FOIP #FOIA

  8. The IJF launches ‘Open By Default,’ a new database of internal government documents never before made public theijf.org/the-ijf-launches-op

    This is a fantastic initiative! Not perfect at all, but a wonderful start. Off to figure out how to do the same at the provincial level!

    #OpenGov #FOIP #FOIA

  9. Freedom Of Information laws need to allow access to digital and personal messaging and devices because it's clear that politicians and staff are communicating outside of official work emails or documented meeting notes. Don't make people have to spend money in courts. #cdnPoli #FreedomConvoy #foip cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/chri

  10. Globe editorial: Secret Canada: How Alberta is turning freedom of information into a Why Do You Need To Know Act theglobeandmail.com/opinion/ed

    The analysis concluded that Alberta is “testing the extent to which it is legally required to assist the public in accessing public records, as well as the extent of its obligations to provide select data from government datasets.”

    #OpenData #OpenGov #ABLeg #FOI #FOIP

  11. News release from #ETHI on Access-to-Information review: "... it is imperative that actions to improve access be taken immediately."
    ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/e #ATI #FOIP

  12. Not that this will be a surprise to anyone, but the UCP did everything possible to subvert FOIP.

    #FOIP #secrecy #Alberta #UCP #coverups

    Inside the Kenney Government’s System of Secrecy | The Tyee thetyee.ca/News/2022/05/09/Ins

  13. Fed-prov Nat Res ministers met May 27,2020. On Jun 1, 2020, I filed a #FOIP to #ableg govt asking for MInister Savage's notes for that meeting. Just got them today, FEB 6 2023. Under AB law, service standard for FOIP is 30 days. I got mine in 980 days. #FOIPFail #ATIPFail

  14. Be sure to check out @thenarwhal tomorrow morning after 8 am ET. We’ll be releasing a story about some documents the Alberta government refused to release for nearly 800 days. The documents outline how oil and gas lobbyists were able to influence government policy in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. #cdnfoi #foip #FOIA #atip #JournalismMatters #journalism

  15. Im Ergebnis sollte sämtl. Kommunikation über das Internet auf den Prüfstand gestellt werden. Sich nur auf #FoIP zu konzentrieren und #VoIP auszuklammern, geht an der Wirklichkeit vorbei, da techn. gesehen keine Differenzierung besteht.“

    Da ist was dran, finde ich.

    datenschutz-notizen.de/ist-das

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  16. It all started with an unsecured #CrateDB that contained tweets from identifiable individuals that were stored by researchers under "mental health." I notified the University of Alberta of the exposure but also asked them whether they needed and had obtained consent for some of the research. More than one year later, they still wouldn't answer forthrightly.

    So after telling me they would not communicate with me any further, but also saying they comply with freedom of information requests under #FOIP, I filed under #FOIP.

    The U. of Alberta declared themselves exempt from responding to any of the requests.

    I've now posted the latest update in a seemingly futile attempt to get the U. of Alberta to be transparent about harvesting and processing social media material that they are then processing as "mental health." It's in the hand of the #OIPC now.

    Background and details about their lack of #transparency and the possibility that they are collecting info on minor children without parents' knowledge or consent at:

    pogowasright.org/update-univer

    #AI #ethics #research #consent #Alberta #dataleak #databreach

    @brett

  17. It all started with an unsecured #CrateDB that contained tweets from identifiable individuals that were stored by researchers under "mental health." I notified the University of Alberta of the exposure but also asked them whether they needed and had obtained consent for some of the research. More than one year later, they still wouldn't answer forthrightly.

    So after telling me they would not communicate with me any further, but also saying they comply with freedom of information requests under #FOIP, I filed under #FOIP.

    The U. of Alberta declared themselves exempt from responding to any of the requests.

    I've now posted the latest update in a seemingly futile attempt to get the U. of Alberta to be transparent about harvesting and processing social media material that they are then processing as "mental health." It's in the hand of the #OIPC now.

    Background and details about their lack of #transparency and the possibility that they are collecting info on minor children without parents' knowledge or consent at:

    pogowasright.org/update-univer

    #AI #ethics #research #consent #Alberta #dataleak #databreach

    @brett

  18. It all started with an unsecured #CrateDB that contained tweets from identifiable individuals that were stored by researchers under "mental health." I notified the University of Alberta of the exposure but also asked them whether they needed and had obtained consent for some of the research. More than one year later, they still wouldn't answer forthrightly.

    So after telling me they would not communicate with me any further, but also saying they comply with freedom of information requests under #FOIP, I filed under #FOIP.

    The U. of Alberta declared themselves exempt from responding to any of the requests.

    I've now posted the latest update in a seemingly futile attempt to get the U. of Alberta to be transparent about harvesting and processing social media material that they are then processing as "mental health." It's in the hand of the #OIPC now.

    Background and details about their lack of #transparency and the possibility that they are collecting info on minor children without parents' knowledge or consent at:

    pogowasright.org/update-univer

    #AI #ethics #research #consent #Alberta #dataleak #databreach

    @brett

  19. It all started with an unsecured #CrateDB that contained tweets from identifiable individuals that were stored by researchers under "mental health." I notified the University of Alberta of the exposure but also asked them whether they needed and had obtained consent for some of the research. More than one year later, they still wouldn't answer forthrightly.

    So after telling me they would not communicate with me any further, but also saying they comply with freedom of information requests under #FOIP, I filed under #FOIP.

    The U. of Alberta declared themselves exempt from responding to any of the requests.

    I've now posted the latest update in a seemingly futile attempt to get the U. of Alberta to be transparent about harvesting and processing social media material that they are then processing as "mental health." It's in the hand of the #OIPC now.

    Background and details about their lack of #transparency and the possibility that they are collecting info on minor children without parents' knowledge or consent at:

    pogowasright.org/update-univer

    #AI #ethics #research #consent #Alberta #dataleak #databreach

    @brett

  20. Makes you wonder what else the United Corruption Party is up to when they want to hide it so badly. Unreal. 😡 (This regards the current government in of the province of Alberta in Canada)

    #UCP #ucpalberta #Alberta #corruption #HidingInPlainSight #FOIP

    change.org/p/urge-lt-gov-lakha

  21. Makes you wonder what else the United Corruption Party is up to when they want to hide it so badly. Unreal. 😡 (This regards the current government in of the province of Alberta in Canada)

    #UCP #ucpalberta #Alberta #corruption #HidingInPlainSight #FOIP

    change.org/p/urge-lt-gov-lakha

  22. Makes you wonder what else the United Corruption Party is up to when they want to hide it so badly. Unreal. 😡 (This regards the current government in of the province of Alberta in Canada)

    #UCP #ucpalberta #Alberta #corruption #HidingInPlainSight #FOIP

    change.org/p/urge-lt-gov-lakha