From EFF, an update on a long-running battle over employee background checks at NASA (links to some of the previous coverage on this case can be found in PogoWasRight.org’s archives, here): The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged the United States Supreme Court Monday to uphold an appeals court decision that blocks invasive and unnecessary background…
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Google Agonizes on Privacy as Ad World Vaults Ahead
Jessica E. Vascellaro reports: A confidential, seven-page Google Inc. “vision statement” shows the information-age giant in a deep round of soul-searching over a basic question: How far should it go in profiting from its crown jewels—the vast trove of data it possesses about people’s activities? Should it tap more of what it knows about Gmail…
Privacy commissioner seeks to block fingerprinting of med-school applicants
Glen McGregor reports that Canada’s privacy commissioner doesn’t want biometric data of Canadians accessible to U.S. authorities under the PATRIOT Act: Canada’s privacy watchdog has gone to court to stop the collection and storage of fingerprints from students who apply to medical schools. Privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart launched legal action in Federal Court last week,…
Street View: South Korea Police Raid Google Office; Street View to Launch in More German Cities
Choe Sang-Hun reports: The South Korean police raided the offices of Google Korea on Tuesday as part of an investigation into whether the company illegally collected and stored personal wireless data. […] “We will investigate Google Korea officials and scrutinize the data we confiscated today” to see whether company has violated the country’s laws on…