Karen Gullo writes: Analyzing and indefinitely keeping the DNA profiles of thousands of Californians arrested for felonies, but never charged with a crime, is not just an ominously overbroad practice by law enforcement—it’s an invasion of privacy that violates the state’s constitution. Last year EFF and our co-counsel Michael Risher filed a lawsuit against California…
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Judge Weighs Whether Advancing NSA Suit Will Harm National Security
Nicholas Iovino reports: A federal judge signaled Friday that he may end more than a decade of litigation over the government’s mass surveillance program because advancing the lawsuit could threaten national security. “The court is concerned that it has reached the point that further litigation poses a not insignificant risk of disclosure of national security…
Ca: Judge defends privacy commissioner’s handling of case of doctor who accessed Humboldt Bronco victims’ files
Dan Zakreski reports: A Saskatoon judge is defending how the province’s privacy commissioner handled a case that began when six doctors inappropriately accessed electronic health records of Humboldt Broncos players involved in a fatal bus crash last April. Sixteen people were killed and 13 were injured in the crash between the junior hockey team’s bus…
Court Denies EFF Effort to Obtain Classified Significant Surveillance Court Opinions
Aaron Mackey writes: A federal court’s ruling earlier this week has blunted a key provision of the surveillance reform law that required the government to be more transparent about legal decisions made by the United States secret surveillance court. After Edward Snowden revealed the government’s ongoing mass collection of Americans’ telephone phone records in 2013,…