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…
Category: Court
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….
Warrantless GPS Tracking Facing Fourth Amendment Challenges
Clarence Walker writes: Recent federal and state court decisions that overturned narcotic convictions of suspected drug dealers as a result of law enforcement using warrantless GPS tracking devices to watch suspects have triggered an intense debate over the Fourth Amendment, which provides citizens against unreasonable search and seizures. The GPS controversy is at the center…