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Cleveland State student wins federal lawsuit against university on breach of Fourth Amendment
Alec Sapolin reports: A U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio ruled in the favor of a student from Cleveland State University on Aug. 22 after the school used the student’s webcam to search his room before a class test. The ruling appears to be the first in the nation to state the…
UK: What can you do when a child’s private information has been misused?
Daniel Shaw, Meera Khunti, and Anna Seal write: Everyone has a reasonable expectation of privacy concerning their private information, whether they are an adult or a child. However, there are certain cases when a child has a reasonable expectation of privacy where an adult does not. Whilst not as widely reported as other privacy claims,…
Parliament’s top security committee to probe RCMP’s use of spyware
Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Maura Forrest report: A top-secret committee of Canadian parliamentarians has launched an investigation into the national police force’s use of spyware to conduct covert surveillance. The all-party National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP), chaired by Liberal MP David McGuinty, will conduct a “framework review” of the “lawful interception of communications…