Today Wikileaks releases nearly 1,100 internal documents, sales brochures and manuals for products sold by the manufacturers of systems for surveillance and the interception of telecommunications. These new leaks reveal a mass surveillance industry that’s now worth $5 billion a year, with technologies capable of spying on every telephone and Internet network on a national…
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SCOTUS hears oral argument in a medical privacy complaint against the FAA
The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in a privacy case that hasn’t gotten nearly as much attention as United States v. Jones. In Federal Aviation Administration v. Cooper, the Court considers whether under the Privacy Act of 1974, an individual can sue the government for emotional distress caused by a privacy breach if there…
The National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2011
The FTC has released The National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2011 and it contains some interesting data. Consider this graphic, depicting the number of registrations per year and the number of consumer complaints per year: Inspection of the data indicates that: (1) the number of active registrations continues to rise each…
Facebook Settles FTC Charges That It Deceived Consumers By Failing To Keep Privacy Promises
From their press release: The social networking service Facebook has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public. The proposed settlement requires Facebook to take several steps to make sure it lives up to…