Category Privacy

“Neither Confirm Nor Deny”: The Glomar Response and Its Canadian Mutation under the Privacy Act

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“Neither Confirm Nor Deny”: The Glomar Response and Its Canadian Mutation under the Privacy Act If you are looking for our amazing free CSE Glomar Unit NFT, scroll to the bottom of the page for the keyed claim link! Introduction…

Rubber Stamp Justice: How the Office of the Information Commissioner Became Canada’s Gatekeeper of Government Secrecy

A dark, moody header image for a legal critique article. The image features the facade of a Canadian government building overlaid with translucent legal documents, redacted text, and glitch-like distortions. A shadowed figure stands in the corner, symbolizing the requester, partially obscured by layers of bureaucracy. The overall color scheme is grey, black, and crimson, evoking themes of surveillance, secrecy, and institutional opacity.

Rubber Stamp Justice: How the Office of the Information Commissioner Became Canada’s Gatekeeper of Government Secrecy Introduction: A Watchdog in Name Only There is a peculiar kind of magic in Canadian administrative law—the ability to appear procedurally fair while functionally…

Metadata as Method: Adversarial OSINT and the Canadian Transparency Regime

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Metadata as Method: Adversarial OSINT and the Canadian Transparency Regime Introduction: The Unseen Feedback Loop In Canada’s freedom-of-information arena, an unexpected feedback loop has emerged. Citizens file Access to Information (ATIP) requests seeking government records, but evidence shows that federal…

OIC Dreamt of Electric Fences: Metadata, Misconduct, and the Long Now of the Access State

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OIC Dreamt of Electric Fences: Metadata, Misconduct, and the Long Now of the Access State Scene 1: The Glitch June 2. Then again June 5. A small hole in the network tore open. Not a metaphor — server logs don’t…

Weaponized Clarification: How LAC Obstructed a Privacy Act Request Through Contradiction, Misquoting Law, and Strategic Delay

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Weaponized Clarification: How LAC Obstructed a Privacy Act Request Through Contradiction, Misquoting Law, and Strategic Delay I. Introduction: A Clerical Farce with National Implications There is a specific kind of Canadian scandal—quiet, paper-based, deniable. It does not involve suitcases of…

Sovereignty, Secrecy, and the State of Exception: How One Privacy Request Exposed a Canadian Nuclear Crisis

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Sovereignty, Secrecy, and the State of Exception: How One Privacy Request Exposed a Canadian Nuclear Crisis Editor’s Note – They Opened the File. Then They Shut Their Mouths. This article was finalized on March 31, 2025. However, we voluntarily embargoed…

The Quietest Trigger: When a Privacy Act Request Shook Canada’s Nuclear Bureaucracy

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The Quietest Trigger: When a Privacy Act Request Shook Canada’s Nuclear Bureaucracy I. Introduction – “The Quietest Trigger” At 4:00 p.m. on a Friday, twelve information access requests were submitted to federal institutions across Ottawa. No press release. No media…