Comments on: A Phone(y) Poll http://aprilreign.breadnroses.ca/general/a-phoney-poll/ In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:52:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: deBeauxOs http://aprilreign.breadnroses.ca/general/a-phoney-poll/comment-page-1/#comment-3255 deBeauxOs Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:12:16 +0000 http://aprilreign.breadnroses.ca/?p=926#comment-3255 Also: "Three workers at the Everywoman's Health Centre in Vancouver (which provides abortions) made a FOI request to the Insurance Corporation of B.C., and discovered that their license plate numbers had been requested using the RCMP computer - for no apparent reason. It turned out that Delta Constable Steve Parker had looked up the records to assist his mother, who was secretary of the anti-abortion group Campaign Life Coalition of B.C. (Steve Parker was the group's treasurer.) Four investigations ensued. This early story shows how valuable FOI can be used to uncover the misuse of power in the form of governmental invasion of citizens' privacy. Information and Privacy Commissioner David Flaherty later wrote a report on this case, and suggested such use of databases could "just simply be the tip of the iceberg." ("Officer at centre of abortion probe gets reassigned," by Kim Bolan and Al Sheehan, The Vancouver Sun, Jan. 7, 1995)" from here: http://www.direct.ca/bcjc/sunsum.htm Also: “Three workers at the Everywoman’s Health Centre in Vancouver (which provides abortions) made a FOI request to the Insurance Corporation of B.C., and discovered that their license plate numbers had been requested using the RCMP computer – for no apparent reason. It turned out that Delta Constable Steve Parker had looked up the records to assist his mother, who was secretary of the anti-abortion group Campaign Life Coalition of B.C. (Steve Parker was the group’s treasurer.) Four investigations ensued. This early story shows how valuable FOI can be used to uncover the misuse of power in the form of governmental invasion of citizens’ privacy. Information and Privacy Commissioner David Flaherty later wrote a report on this case, and suggested such use of databases could “just simply be the tip of the iceberg.” (“Officer at centre of abortion probe gets reassigned,” by Kim Bolan and Al Sheehan, The Vancouver Sun, Jan. 7, 1995)” from here:

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