Tom Schoenberg reports: Three WikiLeaks backers lost their bid to keep information on them collected from their Twitter Inc. accounts from being turned over to U.S. prosecutors who are investigating the group’s publication of classified information. U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady in Alexandria, Virginia, yesterday denied a request by the backers that the information sought…
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Upromise Settles FTC charges that ‘TurboSaver Toolbar’ deceptively collected personal information
From the FTC, a settlement in a case previously mentioned on PogoWasRight.org after a researcher reported problems with Upromise’s toolbar: A membership reward service aimed at consumers trying to save money for college has agreed to settle FTC charges and will be barred from its allegedly deceptive practice of using a web-browser toolbar to collect…
USPS acts to avoid customer privacy violations
Jim McElhatton reports: The U.S. Postal Service has quietly sought to “immunize” itself from Privacy Act challenges to its address-correction service, a program that gives credit, marketing and data-service providers access to updated name and address information for tens of millions of Americans. Postal officials say the program helps reduce costly undeliverable mail that can…
Appeals Court Revives EFF’s Challenge to Government’s Massive Spying Program
Woo hoo! From EFF: The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today blocked the government’s attempt to bury the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF’s) lawsuit against the government’s illegal mass surveillance program, returning Jewel v. NSA to the District Court for the next step. The court found that Jewel had alleged sufficient specifics about the warrantless…