Robert Cribb, Declan Keogh of the Investigative Journalism Bureau, Max Binks-Collier, and Danielle Orr report: During an intense flare-up of her depression, Karysa Mackay checked into a Thunder Bay hospital for crisis care. Three days later, Mackay had her licence suspended after a psychiatrist she doesn’t recall ever meeting reported her to the Ministry of…
Category: Govt
How the Federal Government Buys Our Cell Phone Location Data
By Bennett Cyphers Over the past few years, data brokers and federal military, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies have formed a vast, secretive partnership to surveil the movements of millions of people. Many of the mobile apps on our cell phones track our movements with great precision and frequency. Data brokers harvest our location data…
Westfield council orders IT to remove “spyware” from clerk-treasurer’s computers
Anna Skinner reports: After nearly a year of litigation between Westfield Mayor Andy Cook and Clerk-Treasurer Cindy Gossard, the Westfield City Council asked the city’s Director of Informatics, Chris Larsen, to remove the BeyondTrust software from the clerk-treasurer’s office computers during a June 13 council meeting. The meeting included public discussion between council members, Larsen…
Northern Territory woman to face court for alleged disclosure of confidential information after ICAC referral
Jano Gibson reports: The Northern Territory’s anti-corruption commissioner says his staff “must act with the utmost integrity” after police issued a woman with a notice to appear in court for alleged disclosure of confidential information. Earlier today, NT Police said detectives from the Special References Unit had executed a warrant and seized a 23-year-old woman’s…