Schools are increasingly invading student privacy both in school and outside of school. Are schools grooming youth to passively accept a surveillance state where they have no expectation of privacy anywhere? A PogoWasRight.org commentary. The increasing use of student surveillance and intrusion of school districts into students’ extra-curricular conduct should alarm us all. Whether…
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How Do You Define ‘Privacy Harm’?
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries of the Wall Street Journal recently interviewed Ryan Calo about his concept of “privacy harm.” I had posted a link to Ryan’s article earlier this month, but if you haven’t read it yet or would like to think more about his ideas — and I would hope that you do — you can…
Privacy Protection in China – Latest Developments
Matthew Murphy of the Gerson Lehrman Group provides an analysis: This article looks at a recent Chinese court decision which extended the application of Article 253 of the PRC Criminal Law to common citizens in China. Until this decision was issued, come commentators had thought that Article 253 was limited to the actions of employees of…
Woman files lawsuit over campaign mailing
Matt Thacker reports on a case that demonstrates just how low some people will stoop in a political campaign. Emphasis in the excerpt added by me: The adult daughter of Clark County Commissioner Mike Moore has filed a lawsuit against Citizens for Decency in Government for political mailings sent out prior to the May primary…