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John Elvidge

John Elvidge

Former Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government

Aug 27, 2026

46:45
yeah
46:46
and and that that opportunities it was seen was excluded from Peter Wilkinson and the Yorkshire investors side they said no this is our deal yeah gadget shop were effectively running it with our team that we built So we'd lost a lot of our good team in the move.
47:08
People couldn't move from Hull to Glasgow.
47:10
They'd relocated the office there.
47:12
There's a massive fallout in the shareholders.
47:17
And the business was starting to struggle, so they wouldn't put any money in.
47:20
And it ended up in the High Court with a massive legal battle.

14 MINS LATER

61:13
That's
8:49
So from your perspective, what are the biggest changes municipalities need to understand right now and start getting ready for?
8:58
I have the luxury of speaking from the largest municipality in Ontario, and because of the volume that we face both on the access and the privacy side, we're fortunate in that that work has resulted in resources that have allowed us to address those things.
9:16
So we have had lots of experience both with the access side, but as well on the PIA side and privacy breach reporting.
9:24
Most municipalities have some experience with the access side of the act, and so some of the new provisions in the act are, I'm sure, are gonna be quite welcome.
9:34
My perception is it's more on the privacy side that not all institutions have had that experience.
9:40
And I've got a couple of things I think that's worth considering.
9:44
One is the requirement to complete PIAs.

20 MINS LATER

29:26
John, what about you?

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