Unit 1: Information Access & Privacy in a Networked World

Question 1

FBI

Answer 1

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Question 2

FOI

Answer 2

Freedom of Information

Question 3

FOIP/FOIPP

Answer 3

Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection

Question 4

HIV

Answer 4

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Question 5

Custodian

Answer 5

An individual who is responsible for looking after the relevant information

Question 6

Personal Information

Answer 6

An individuals name in combination with: age, weight, sexual orientation, place of birth, university alma mater, political affiliation, subscriptions, bank balance, favourite stores/products, medical history, and travel destinations.

Question 7

Access to Information

Answer 7

Relates to concerns about transparency in govn’t, the right of access to info (FOI) provides individuals with a right to request and gain access to information held by certain public sector organizations

Question 8

Accountability

Answer 8

“A democracy requires accountability and accountability requires transparency” - Barack Obama, 2002

Question 9

Transparency

Answer 9

1997, Justice La Forest explained that transparency helps ensure that citizens have the info they need to participate in the democratic process and ensures politicians and bureaucrats remain accountable; key feature of good governance and indicates if a society is actually democratic

Question 10

Polity

Answer 10

A form or process of civil govn’t or constitution; an organized society; a state as a political entity

Question 11

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the Charter)

Answer 11

Gives implicit recognition of the right to privacy; jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Canada has established that a right to privacy exists in Canadian Law