A council that ordered covert surveillance on a sick employee must review its approach after an Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) investigation. The ICO found the Council breached the Data Protection Act when it ordered the surveillance of an employee suspected of fraudulently claiming to be sick. From the undertaking, this summary of what happened: The Information…
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Privacy Concerns Mount as Wearable Sensors Pop Up Everywhere
Andrej Sokolow reports: … the steady spread of sensors means more data is being accumulated all the time. Everything from blood pressure, to the time of day one typically leaves one’s house to a person’s standard bedtime to how many times one rolls over in bed – it’s all potentially captured by this new, personal technology….
Oregon marijuana grower loses appeal challenging privacy of utility records
Everton Bailey Jr. reports: Your utility records aren’t private and authorities don’t need a warrant to get them, the Oregon Court of Appeals recently ruled in a marijuana case. The decision follows a string of Oregon court rulings rejecting criminal conviction appeals that assert records held by businesses fall under constitutional privacy guarantees. The state Appeals Court…
Activist group sues San Diego Police Department over “stingray” records
Cyrus Farivar reports: A legal advocacy group has sued the San Diego Police Department (SDPD) and the City of San Diego in an attempt to force the release of public records relating to stingrays, also known as cell-site simulators. […] The First Amendment Coalition, based in San Rafael, just north of San Francisco, filed a state public records…