Remember the “Joe the Plumber” flap over state employees snooping in his records? The Associated Press reports that a court has dismissed his lawsuit alleging privacy invasion against Ohio Department of Job and Family Services employees. In the order dismissing the case against Helen Jones-Kelley, Doug Thompson, and Fred Williams, Judge Algenon L. Marbley dismissed…
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Feds admit storing checkpoint body scan images
Declan McCullagh reports: For the last few years, federal agencies have defended body scanning by insisting that all images will be discarded as soon as they’re viewed. The Transportation Security Administration claimed last summer, for instance, that “scanned images cannot be stored or recorded.” Now it turns out that some police agencies are storing the…
Hobbs DNA saga fuels debate on taking DNA samples after an arrest, instead of convictions
Dan Hinkel reports: When a man arrested earlier this year in Virginia on robbery and abduction charges was linked by DNA to the horrific slayings of two young girls in Zion, it raised the possibility of exoneration for the original suspect, who has been behind bars for five years. But the crucial connection might not…
Father demands $7.5 Million because school officials read daughter’s text message
Duarte Geraldino reports on a case in Irving, Texas where a family is suing the school district for searching their teenage daughter’s cell phone for text messages. The incident occurred when school officials: got wind of a potentially threatening situation at the school involving a gun and keyed cars. They believed Madelyn was somehow involved…