Accessing personal information under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act of British Columbia.
Notice bibliographique
Résumé
Rapid advances in information technology have led to a considerable body of scholarly research focused on the evolution of the “surveillance society.” This term is used by the author to refer to governments’ increasing ability to monitor and control the actions of citizens as well as their own operations. An associated area that is rarely examined in scholarly research is the process by which citizens access their own personal information from public bodies and the barriers that they encounter when attempting to do so. It is this area which will be the focus of this thesis. The thesis is based upon a descriptive study that involved a systematic investigation of how the political and governmental context influences the process of accessing personal information under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act of British Columbia. The goal of the research is to examine factors that encourage and limit individual citizens’ ability to access their own personal information. The thesis explores issues and circumstances that lead applicants to appeal decisions, factors that facilitate and impede access, and the impacts of the request process on applicants. Recommendations for changes that may improve access as well as enhance government transparency and accountability are proposed. I approach the research from the perspective that open and accountable government is necessary in democratic society, and that, through increased public awareness and avenues for input, changes can be made which improve access to personal information and government accountability. The research involved a content analysis of fifty-three orders by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia and his staff. The content analysis of these documents is supplemented by statistical analysis and personal reflection. The thesis relies on concepts and theory proposed by Max Weber and Anthony Giddens to provide a viable framework for understanding both the structure and culture of government, particularly how the access to information process reflects the control and flow of information within the bureaucracy. The research confirms that barriers to access do exist and they are not in the places that one might expect to find them. Recommendations concerning amendments to the legislation and improvements to the processing of requests and the appeal process are suggested. However, the most crucial change necessary is for the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, despite fiscal restraints, to engage in greater transparency concerning its own activities and for the role of the Commissioner to focus more on public education and advocacy, such as support for community programs that would offer free legal assistance and information concerning the public’s rights under the Act, including guidance concerning how to make a request and pursue a complaint or appeal.
Récupéré en direct depuis OpenAlex et désinversé. Les résumés ne sont pas conservés dans cette base de données : les index inversés représentent 8,6 Go des 9,3 Go de texte de la base, et le serveur dispose de 13 Go libres.
Comment cette classification a été obtenuedéplier
Prédiction machine sur la base complète
Imitation des enseignantsNi prévalence calibrée, ni vérité terrain. Validation humaine à venir. Le volet Gemma est une étiquette directe du modèle pour chaque travail de la base, lue sur la notice réduite au titre. Le volet Codex est un classifieur appris des 10 348 étiquettes directes de Codex et calibré sur les taux pondérés de l'échantillon; les champs sans appui suffisant ne portent aucun appel Codex. Le mode candidate est l'union des deux volets; le consensus est leur intersection. Ces sorties portent le statut machine_predicted_unvalidated et ne sont pas des étiquettes humaines.
Scores du classifieur distillé par catégorie (deux têtes)
| Catégorie | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Métarecherche | 0,002 | 0,010 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens strict) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens large) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Bibliométrie | 0,001 | 0,002 |
| Études des sciences et des technologies | 0,010 | 0,003 |
| Communication savante | 0,005 | 0,002 |
| Science ouverte | 0,001 | 0,001 |
| Intégrité de la recherche | 0,004 | 0,005 |
| Charge utile insuffisante (le modèle a refusé de juger) | 0,026 | 0,004 |
Scores machine (provisoires)
Les deux têtes enseignantes du modèle étudiant, lues sur ce travail. Un score ordonne la base pour la relecture; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie, et le statut de validation accompagne chaque rangée tel quel.
Scores de référence d'un modèle non mature (critères de maturité non atteints, 7 itérations). Un score ordonne; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · tel quel depuis la passe de notation : score_only signifie que le nombre peut ordonner les travaux, et qu'aucune étiquette de catégorie n'en découleClassification
machine, non validéePrédiction automatique; un appel candidat d’une seule source (Gemma direct ou Codex distillé), pas un consensus.
Le détail, modèle par modèle et score par score, se trouve en fin de page sous « Comment cette classification a été obtenue ».