Privacy/Homeland Security


Article:  Data Mining and the Security-Liberty Debate, 4/07/08, www.pogowasright.org

Administration Asserts No Fourth Amendment for Domestic Military Operations, 4/02/08, www.pogowasright.org

Law-Checking WSJ Article on Domestic Spying, 3/10/08, www.eff.org

Domestic Spying, Inc., 11/29/07, www.pogowasright.org

Privacy Impact Assessment for the DHS / UK Visas Project, 11/29/07, www.pogowasright.org

Amazon Wins Privacy Battle with Feds, 11/28/07, www.newsfactor.com

Justice Dept. Database Stirs Privacy Fears, 12/26/06, www.washingtonpost.com

Firefox 2 Releases Privacy Storm, 9/29/06, www.platinax.co.uk

FTC Testifies on Protecting Consumers' Phone Records, 9/29/06, www.bespacific.com

Social Security Data Disclosed, 9/29/06, www.courier-journal.com

AOL Members Sue Over Search Data Release, 9/25/06, www.infoworld.com

Google Developing Eavesdropping Software, 9/3/06, www.theregister.co.uk

What Do They Know About You?, 8/20/06, www.mercurynews.com

License Plate Tracking, 7/25/06, www.wired.com

National Strategy to Combat Terrorist Travel, 5/22/06, www.hasbrouck.org

Your Wireless Future, 5/22/06, www.nytimes.com

Eternal Value of Privacy, 5/18/06, www.wired.com

DHS Privacy Office Slams RFIT Technology, 5/17/06, www.gcn.com

Gov Must Confront Privacy Issues of Personal Data, 5/17/06, www.bespacific.com

Expectation of Privacy is Very Lax Standard, 5/16/06, www.eweek.com

What Privacy?, 5/14/06, www.chicagotribune.com

Telecoms Face Billion Dollar Wiretap Suits, 5/14/06, www.forbes.com

Data Brokers Don't Protect Privacy of Citizens, 4/04/06, www.bespacific.com

Outsourcing: End-Run Around Privacy Restrictions 4/05/06, www.governmentzdnet.com

Who Didn't the Government Subpoena for their COPA Defense?, 3/30/06, www.techdirt.com

DHS Privacy and Integrity Report 3/21/06, www.schneier.com

Rights Group Files Motion Challenging the Legality of Domestic Surveillance Program, 3/12/06, www.bespacific.com

Would You Trade Your Privacay For Free Calls? 2/10/06, techdirt.com

FDIC Safeguards Personal Employee Information, 1/26/06, www.bespacific.com

Google v. Government Row Waises Legal Issues, 1/26/06, www.techdirt.com

Someone is Watching the Watchers, 1/16/05, www.techdirt.com

Must We Renew the Patriot Act?, 12/12/05, www.news.com

Third Circuit Reinstates Federal Obscenity Laws, 12/12/05, www.law.com

E-tracking at DMVs, 12/5/05, www.news.com

Fuzzy Logic Behind Bush's Cybercrime Treaty, 11/28/05, www.news.com

The FBI's Secret Scrutiny, 11/06/05, www.washingtonpost.com

Panel: New Rules, Tech Needed for Data Privacy, 9/10/05, www.bespacific.com

Challenge to FBI's Use of National Security Provision of Patriot Act, 9/09/05, www.bespacific.com

Rental Cars, GPS Tracking and Your Privacy, 8/23/05, www.bespacific.com

FBI's "National Security Letters" Threaten Online Speech and Privacy, 8/05/05, www.eff.org

Equifax Says It's Un-American for People to Know What Equifax Knows About Them, 6/29/05, www.techdirt.com

Why Isn't Secure Flight Grounded?, 6/16/05, www.eff.org

States Pass Privacy Laws, 6/01/05, www.networkmagazine.com

Federal Report Warns of RFID Misuses, 5/27/05, news.com

Feds Rethinking RFID Passport, 4/26/05, www.wired.com

Florida Planning Son of Matrix, 4/25/05, www.wired.com

Texas Bill to Filter Highway Rest Stop Internet, 4/18/05, www.slashdot.org

Drivers Own Cars' Black Boxes in North Dakota, 4/13/05, www.privacyspot.com

Defenestrating Homeland Security's privacy chief, 4/11/05, www.news.com

No Place to Hide by Robert O'Harrow Jr., 1/05/05, www.wired.com

With Data Recorders, Big Brother is Riding Shotgun
By Bob Gritzinger, Nov. 16, 2004 AutoWeek
Many people have reservations about OnStar due to the intrusive nature of the service. To avoid any intrusion, people can simply not subscribe to OnStar; what people cannot do is uninstall the mechanism in your vehicle that feeds OnStar your driving information.  This mechanism is called an “Event Data Recorder (EDR).”  The EDR continuously collects data pertaining to your driving movements and can store this info for up to 45 days.  EDR data can give law enforcement officials critical insight into causes of accidents.  But in doing this is it also infringing on the privacy of the motorist?  Click here for the entire article.

The Privacy Lawyer:  Privacy Policies And The Patriot Act
By Parry Aftab, 11/08/04 www.informationweek.com
A provision relation to customer records may be struck down soon, but don’t take any chances. On September 29, 2004, the N. Y. Federal District Court invalidated an important provision of the U.S. Patriot Act.  The major issue at hand is when to inform your subscribers of a governmental inquiry into their records and when it is illegal to do so.  As a precautionary measure, make sure you and your counsel understand this development and how it relates to your companies privacy policy. Click here for the entire article.    

Privacy--Huge Post 9/11 Data Network, 10/6/04, www.wired.com

Defense Department Aerial Mapping Inside the U.S., 9/26/04, www.wired.com

Patriot Act Provision Declared Unconstitutional, 9/29/04, www.aclu.org

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