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…
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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…
Senator Franken Questions Uber About Use of Passenger Data
From EPIC.org: Senator Franken has received a response from Uber about the the ride-sharing company’s privacy practices. Last month, Franken asked Uber to answer ten questions about the company treats use of passenger data. Specifically, Franken questioned Uber’s use of the “God view” tool, which allows the company to track individual customers in real time. Uber failed to answer…
Personal Data Protection in Poland – Important Legal Changes
Ewa Kacperek and Jakub Baczuk write: On 7 November 2014 the Polish Parliament passed the Act on the Facilitation of Business Activity which substantially amends the existing Act on Personal Data Protection. As we previously reported, this new Act requires an administrator for information security to be given an independent position within the data controller’s organization. Additionally,…