The Federal Trade Commission has released the agenda for its final roundtable on consumer privacy issues scheduled for March 17, 2010, at the FTC Conference Center, 601 New Jersey Ave,. NW Washington DC, 20001. The Roundtable is the last of three public events designed to explore the privacy challenges that are posed by technology and…
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The SeaWorld Killer Whale Death Video and the Right to Privacy
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…
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…