Adam Klasfeld reports on a case that started with my generation and continues and continues and continues…. A federal judge denied the New York City Police Department’s attempt to dismiss a landmark 1971 class action limiting its surveillance of private citizens. And, in the case originally brought by Abbie Hoffman, Senior U.S. District Judge Charles…
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Challenge to the new Dutch passport fingerprint database rejected by The Hague [corrected]
A Dutch reader sent me some disheartening news from his country today. It appears that a challenge to a law requiring all Dutch citizens provide their fingerprints for passports was rejected by The Hague. The fingerprints are to be maintained in a centralized registry, and privacy advocates have raised concerns about privacy, the security of…
MN: Stearns settles privacy lawsuit
Kirsti Marohn reports: Stearns County is settling a lawsuit with a woman who claimed a county employee revealed confidential information about her. The county board on Tuesday approved the $15,000 settlement with Lisa Pobuda, who accused the county and the human services department of violating the Minnesota Data Practices Act. Read more in the St….
The “right to be forgotten,” Germany, and the Wikimedia case
The other day, I posted a news story about a New Jersey Supreme Court decision concerning what expungement means – and doesn’t mean – in terms of the media’s ability to discuss a case involving a named individual where the individual’s conviction was subsequently expunged. At the time, I commented that once again, a U.S….