Article 3MXEN Nova Scotia filled its public Freedom of Information Archive with citizens' private data, then arrested the teen who discovered it

Nova Scotia filled its public Freedom of Information Archive with citizens' private data, then arrested the teen who discovered it

by
Cory Doctorow
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A 19 year old in Nova Scotia wanted to learn more about the provincial teachers' dispute, so he filed some Freedom of Information requests; he wasn't satisfied with the response so he decided to dig through other documents the province had released under open records laws to look for more, but couldn't find a search tool that was adequate to the job. (more")

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