Yesterday, I reported on a lawsuit filed by the family of the SeaWorld trainer who was tragically killed during a show. The family does not want video taken of the incident released to the public, but Florida’s open records law would seem to require that they be made available. Today, Dan Solove blogs about the…
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Hi-tech governments growing keener on snooping, says report
Today’s theme seems to be surveillance. From Out-Law.com: Western industrial countries are becoming more willing to spy on their citizens, according to an analysis of snooping that says that the UK is sixth in a world ranking for electronic state surveillance. Privacy technology company CryptoHippie has produced its second annual report on surveillance trends and…
Satellite Surveillance: Domestic Issues
Speaking of domestic surveillance, the Congressional Research Service’s February 1 report, Satellite Surveillance: Domestic Issues, by Richard A. Best Jr., Specialist in National Defense, and Jennifer K. Elsea, Legislative Attorney, is available on the Web. The summary: Reconnaissance satellites, first deployed in the early 1960s to peer into denied regions of the Soviet Union and…
LifeLock Will Pay $12 Million to Settle Charges by the FTC and 35 States That Identity Theft Prevention and Data Security Claims Were False
LifeLock, Inc. has agreed to pay $11 million to the Federal Trade Commission and $1 million to a group of 35 state attorneys general to settle charges that the company used false claims to promote its identity theft protection services, which it widely advertised by displaying the CEO’s Social Security number on the side of…