In a column for the Victoria Times Colonist, Vincent Gogolek opines about a bill before the British Columbia legislature that could "radically increase" the government's "power to collect, use and share" citizens' personal information. Introduced October 4, Bill 3 "eliminates many of the privacy protections in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act." Proposed amendments include making it easier for the government to share personal information with "partner" organizations and other governments--such as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Gogolek writes that officials are "definitely not talking to British Columbians about how, when, why and with whom the government will be sharing some of our most intimate information."
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